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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter VII.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To A. Alvarez, Anne Stevenson was a minor writer writing about a major writer and thus there was natural ____________.
(a) Cautiousness.
(b) Envy.
(c) Admiration.
(d) Jealousy.

2. How many pages did the manuscript which Anne Stevenson wrote for Penguin Books contain?
(a) 50 pages.
(b) 100 pages.
(c) 75 pages.
(d) 150 pages.

3. How many words did Ted Hughes cut from Linda Wagner-Martin's manuscript?
(a) 15,000.
(b) 3,700.
(c) 1,800.
(d) 11,000.

4. What did Olwyn Hughes claim was something Sylvia's mother had never addressed and, in fact, enabled for years?
(a) Promiscuity.
(b) Mental illness.
(c) Tooth decay.
(d) Lack of exercise.

5. Linda Wagner-Martin wrote a biography of Sylvia Plath. Upon what did her relationship with the Hughes family deteriorate in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) Reviews of the book being published.
(b) Completion of the manuscript.
(c) The publishing of the book.
(d) Choosing a cover for the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Olwyn Hughes gave Anne Stevenson whose account that was unflattering to Sylvia to review in Part Two: Chapter I?

2. Where did Janet Malcolm travel to meet with Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter I?

3. Anne Stevenson explained in Part Two: Chapter I that she had been commissioned to write a story about Sylvia Plath in a series for Penguin Books called __________.

4. Alvarez responded to Ted Hughes in letters that his work was honest and not one of _____________.

5. In their interview in Part Two: Chapter I, Anne Stevenson told Malcolm of the hurt she felt when a critic had accused her of ___________.

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