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

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

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?
(a) Anne Stevenson.
(b) Olwyn Hughes .
(c) Frances McCullough.
(d) Dido Milroy.

4. In 1952, William Stanley Merwin's first book of poetry was published under what title?
(a) Glasses for Peter.
(b) A Coat for Jamal.
(c) A Mask for Janus.
(d) A Hat for Harrold.

5. How did Sylvia Plath commit suicide?
(a) She shot herself.
(b) She hung herself.
(c) She gassed herself.
(d) She overdosed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Ronald Hayman wrote in The Independent that whose biography was vindictive?

3. Dealing with Olwyn for three years, Malcolm saw none of the expected ________ in her character?

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

5. The long and confused letter Janet Malcolm received from Olwyn in response in Part One: Chapter IV only reiterated her disdain for ____________.

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