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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. The long and confused letter Janet Malcolm received from Olwyn in response in Part One: Chapter IV only reiterated her disdain for ____________.
(a) The Sylvia Plath myth.
(b) The Hughes family.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) The postal service.

2. From 1956 to 1966, A. Alvarez was the poetry editor and critic for what publication?
(a) The Insider.
(b) The Observer.
(c) The Analyst.
(d) The Reporter.

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

4. What American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics was the father of Anne Stevenson?
(a) Robert Stevenson.
(b) Charles Stevenson.
(c) Richard Stevenson.
(d) Harold Stevenson.

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 unjustified murder.
(b) An abomination.
(c) An atrocity.
(d) A mystery.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was the publication date of The Journals of Sylvia Plath?

2. Where did A. Alvarez publish the first "official" bad review of Bitter Fame?

3. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?

4. When did Sylvia Plath die?

5. Sylvia Plath told A. Alvarez of two previous suicide attempts--one in which she took an overdose of pills and another when she _____________.

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