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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. How old was Ted Hughes when Sylvia Plath died?
(a) 29.
(b) 39.
(c) 41.
(d) 32.

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

3. What university did Janet Malcolm attend?
(a) University of Idaho.
(b) University of Illinois.
(c) University of Montana.
(d) University of Michigan.

4. In the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes indicated that he might be able to get his hands on what?
(a) Additional material.
(b) Love letters.
(c) A lost journal.
(d) The original manuscript.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Hughes claim Sylvia had discarded during the last years of her life in the first publication of The Journals of Sylvia Plath?

2. When was Sylvia Plath born?

3. Who was named the literary agent for the writings of Sylvia Plath after her death?

4. Who edited The Journals of Sylvia Plath?

5. 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?

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