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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. When was Anne Stevenson born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1922.
(d) 1933.

2. What American poet was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950?
(a) Randall Jarrell.
(b) Leonie Adams.
(c) Elizabeth Bishop.
(d) Louise Bogan.

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

4. Olwyn didn't write her own book because she wasn't a writer and, as Ted told her, no one would have ________.
(a) Bought the book.
(b) Been willing to publish it.
(c) Understood her language.
(d) Believed her account.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the novel The Bell Jar first published under Sylvia Plath's name?

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

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

4. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?

5. Anne Stevenson left her second husband and children to go off with what poet?

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