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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters VIII and IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Ariel published?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1968.

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

3. Where was A. Alvarez born?
(a) El Salvador.
(b) England.
(c) Spain.
(d) Mexico.

4. What did Ted Hughes called Alvarez' assertion that there was a professional jealousy between him and Sylvia?
(a) Partially true.
(b) Unfounded.
(c) Accurate.
(d) Absurd.

5. How was Anne Stevenson viewed by the author and her peers while at the university?
(a) She was considered ignorant.
(b) She was untrusted.
(c) She was detested.
(d) She was admired.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man whom Sylvia Plath was dating when she met Ted Hughes did not return her _____________.

2. Janet Malcolm wrote to Olwyn Hughes in an effort to get an interview with whom in Part One: Chapter IV?

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

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

5. How did Assia Wevill die?

(see the answer key)

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