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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. 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?
(a) Confessional poetry.
(b) Sinful poetry.
(c) Truthful poetry.
(d) Realistic poetry.

2. Linda Wagner-Martin wrote a biography of Sylvia Plath. Upon what did her relationship with the Hughes family deteriorate in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) Reviews of the book being published.
(b) Completion of the manuscript.
(c) The publishing of the book.
(d) Choosing a cover for the book.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the first publication of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes commented how in the last several years of her life, Sylvia had found ______________.

3. What did Sylvia Plath leave for her children when they awoke the night she killed herself?

4. When was Bitter Fame published?

5. Janet Malcolm wrote to Olwyn Hughes in an effort to get an interview with whom in Part One: Chapter IV?

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