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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapter II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath marry?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1956.
(d) 1957.

2. When was the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath released?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1983.

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

4. When did the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church begin?
(a) 11th Century A.D.
(b) 14th Century A.D.
(c) 12th Century A.D.
(d) 13th Century A.D.

5. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?
(a) Two.
(b) Zero.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anne Stevenson wrote her biography of Sylvia Plath, she found that she and Sylvia had gone through the same teen-aged angst and sexual frustrations of the American youth of what era?

2. How old was Ted Hughes when Sylvia Plath died?

3. Who was the consulting editor on The Journals of Sylvia Plath?

4. In the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes avoided blame for what?

5. What literary genre emphasizes the intimate, and sometimes unflattering, information about details of the poet's personal life, such as in poems about mental illness, sexuality, and despondence?

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