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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. Olwyn Hughes promised to get Anne Stevenson an agent and publisher who would provide what resource?
(a) Advertising.
(b) An editor.
(c) Printing presses.
(d) A sizeable advance.

2. Dealing with Olwyn for three years, Malcolm saw none of the expected ________ in her character?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Narcissism.
(c) Generosity.
(d) Kindness.

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

4. To assuage Ted's hurt artistic side, A. Alvarez wrote in a letter that he felt Ted and Sylvia were ______________.
(a) True intellectuals.
(b) Beautiful souls.
(c) The greatest love story of all time.
(d) The best poets of their generation.

5. A. Alvarez claimed that Olwyn and Ted Hughes probably chose Anne Stevenson to write a biography on Sylvia because they could ______________.
(a) Profit from her.
(b) Believe in her.
(c) Feel good about themselves.
(d) Manipulate her.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ted Hughes called Alvarez' assertion that there was a professional jealousy between him and Sylvia?

2. What university did Sylvia Plath attend in England?

3. When was Ronald Hayman born?

4. Linda Wagner-Martin wrote a biography of Sylvia Plath. Upon what did her relationship with the Hughes family deteriorate in Part One: Chapter IV?

5. Anne Stevenson tried to defend herself in her speech in Part Two: Chapter I by explaining that some of her work was tainted by the controlling hands of whom?

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