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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. In her biography of Sylvia Plath, Stevenson writes of Plath as a sober and confused perfectionist whose suicide as well as the inspiration for her art remain ___________.
(a) An atrocity.
(b) An unjustified murder.
(c) An abomination.
(d) A mystery.

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

3. When was the publication date of The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1985.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes indicated that he might be able to get his hands on what?

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

3. 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?

4. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?

5. To what friend of the Hughes was William Stanley Merwin married?

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