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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What university did Sylvia Plath attend in England?
(a) Exeter University.
(b) Cambridge University.
(c) Oxford University.
(d) Rhodes University.

2. Who wrote The Haunting of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Jacqueline Rose.
(b) Janet Malcolm.
(c) A. Alvarez.
(d) Aurelia Plath.

3. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?
(a) Ronald Hayman.
(b) Anne Stevenson.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) A. Alvarez.

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

5. When was Ronald Hayman born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1934.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose memoir depicting Sylvia Plath did Olwyn Hughes criticize relentlessly?

2. What was the name of Sylvia Plath's mother?

3. Who was named the literary agent for the writings of Sylvia Plath after her death?

4. 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 __________.

5. When was Anne Stevenson's book Correspondences: A Family History in Letters published?

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