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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. What university did Sylvia Plath attend in England?
(a) Rhodes University.
(b) Oxford University.
(c) Cambridge University.
(d) Exeter University.

2. When did the bomb drop on Hiroshima?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1944.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1946.

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

4. When was the novel The Bell Jar first published under Sylvia Plath's name?
(a) 1967.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1973.

5. How long had Anne Stevenson worked on her biography of Sylvia Plath before it was published?
(a) Two years.
(b) Five years.
(c) One year.
(d) Four years.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elizabeth Sigmund recounted an incident, soon after Sylvia's death, in which Ted did all except __________.

2. What "friend" of Plath finally felt the freedom to express her true feelings for the poet by relating that she was a horrible wife and a martyr?

3. When was Ariel published?

4. A. Alvarez was initially much more impressed with Ted--thinking of Sylvia as __________.

5. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?

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