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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 wrote The Colossus and Other Poems?
(a) Anne Stevenson.
(b) A. Alvarez.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Linda Wagner-Martin.

2. When was Anne Stevenson born?
(a) 1933.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1927.

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

4. When was the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath released?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1987.
(c) 1982.
(d) 1985.

5. To what friend of the Hughes was William Stanley Merwin married?
(a) Dido Milroy.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Janet Malcolm.
(d) Anne Stevenson.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university did Janet Malcolm attend?

2. When was the book The Colossus and Other Poems first published?

3. How old was Ted Hughes when Sylvia Plath died?

4. When was Bitter Fame published?

5. How many words did Ted Hughes cut from Linda Wagner-Martin's manuscript?

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