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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. Who wrote the biography Bitter Fame?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Janet Malcolm.
(c) Anne Stevenson.
(d) Frances McCullough.

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

3. What did Sylvia Plath leave for her children when they awoke the night she killed herself?
(a) A note.
(b) Their backpacks.
(c) Milk and cookies.
(d) Bread and milk.

4. Where was Sylvia Plath born?
(a) Massachusetts.
(b) Maine.
(c) Rhode Island.
(d) Vermont.

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

Short Answer 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 ___________.

2. What American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics was the father of Anne Stevenson?

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

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

5. When did the bomb drop on Hiroshima?

(see the answer key)

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