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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 is the term used for a novel describing real life, behind a façade of fiction?
(a) Roman a clef.
(b) Nonfiction fiction.
(c) Biography.
(d) Autobiography.

2. What university had Sylvia Plath attended?
(a) Smith College.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Dartmouth College.

3. Whose biography of Sylvia Plath did Olwyn Hughes laud?
(a) A. Alvarez's.
(b) Anne Stevenson's.
(c) Janet Malcolm's.
(d) Ronald Hayman's.

4. In Part Two: Chapter II, Ted described the battle Sylvia had to get her short story published in what periodical?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) Family Circle.
(c) The Ladies' Home Journal.
(d) Good Housekeeping.

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 ___________.
(a) Secretly hating Plath.
(b) Being envious of Plath's talent.
(c) Telling lies.
(d) Leaving out details.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Anne Stevenson move after college and marrying?

2. 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 __________.

3. What American poet was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950?

4. Olwyn Hughes promised to get Anne Stevenson an agent and publisher who would provide what resource?

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?

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