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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?
(a) Zero.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

2. Sylvia Plath told A. Alvarez of two previous suicide attempts--one in which she took an overdose of pills and another when she _____________.
(a) Attempted to hang herself.
(b) Almost drove off the road.
(c) Cut her wrist.
(d) Played Russian roulette.

3. Under what pseudonym was The Bell Jar originally published?
(a) Melissa Bouvier.
(b) Victoria Lucas.
(c) Johanna Mills.
(d) Cassandra Owens.

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

5. When was The Bell Jar first published?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1963.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was Sylvia Plath born?

3. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?

4. Olwyn didn't write her own book because she wasn't a writer and, as Ted told her, no one would have ________.

5. Who prescribed antidepressants for Plath a few days before her death?

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