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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who edited The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Frances McCullough.
(c) Assia Wevill.
(d) Anne Stevenson.

2. When was the book The Colossus and Other Poems first published?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1950.

3. In the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes avoided blame for what?
(a) Incomplete editing.
(b) Plath's death.
(c) Plath's unhappiness.
(d) The destruction of Plath's journals.

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

5. 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 abomination.
(c) A mystery.
(d) An unjustified murder.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Whose memoir depicting Sylvia Plath did Olwyn Hughes criticize relentlessly?

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

4. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?

5. When was the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath released?

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