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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. The Bell Jar is based in part on Plath's own life and, in particular, her suicide attempt in what year?
(a) 1953.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1949.
(d) 1950.

2. In their interview in Part Two: Chapter I, Anne Stevenson told Malcolm of the hurt she felt when a critic had accused her of ___________.
(a) Being envious of Plath's talent.
(b) Secretly hating Plath.
(c) Telling lies.
(d) Leaving out details.

3. Anne Stevenson sent a completed draft of her story for Penguin Books to whom for his comments?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) A. Alvarez.
(c) Dr. Horder.
(d) W. B. Yeats.

4. When Anne Stevenson wrote her biography of Sylvia Plath, she found that she and Sylvia had gone through the same teen-aged angst and sexual frustrations of the American youth of what era?
(a) 1940's.
(b) 1930's.
(c) 1920's.
(d) 1950s.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Malcolm drew a parallel between Anne Stevenson's failed relationship and her guilt-ridden past to the subservient role she took on with whom?

2. Dealing with Olwyn for three years, Malcolm saw none of the expected ________ in her character?

3. What literary genre emphasizes the intimate, and sometimes unflattering, information about details of the poet's personal life, such as in poems about mental illness, sexuality, and despondence?

4. How many pages did the manuscript which Anne Stevenson wrote for Penguin Books contain?

5. Sylvia Plath's extremism and ________ were things that Anne Stevenson deplored.

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