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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. A. Alvarez was initially much more impressed with Ted--thinking of Sylvia as __________.
(a) The perfect woman.
(b) A literary genious.
(c) A dowdy little housewife.
(d) A trophy wife.

2. Malcolm was surprised that Anne Stevenson confessed to having had a problem with what addiction?
(a) Men.
(b) Drug addiction.
(c) Gambling.
(d) Alcoholism.

3. At what meeting had Anne Stevenson appeared to speak in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) The 4H Club.
(b) The University Women's Club.
(c) The Girl Scouts.
(d) A town hall meeting.

4. When The Journals of Sylvia Plath were published, it left many thinking that the words and spirit of Sylvia had been ___________.
(a) Lies.
(b) Repressed.
(c) Immortalized.
(d) Remembered.

5. When did Sylvia Plath die?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1969.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sylvia Plath leave for her children when they awoke the night she killed herself?

2. According to a letter from Anne Stevenson in which she provided her take on Sylvia and her work, Sylvia had used poetry as a way to stage her own what?

3. When was Sylvia Plath born?

4. What did Olwyn Hughes claim was something Sylvia's mother had never addressed and, in fact, enabled for years?

5. When was Anne Stevenson born?

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