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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. Where was A. Alvarez born?
(a) Spain.
(b) England.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) Mexico.

2. When was Janet Malcolm born?
(a) 1934.
(b) 1929.
(c) 1927.
(d) 1937.

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

4. When was the publication date of The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1985.

5. Ronald Hayman wrote in The Independent that whose biography was vindictive?
(a) A. Alvarez.
(b) Anne Stevenson's.
(c) Frances McCullough.
(d) Janet Malcolm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Anne Stevenson wrote her biography of Sylvia Plath, she found that she and Sylvia had gone through the same teen-aged angst and sexual frustrations of the American youth of what era?

2. What was the name of Sylvia Plath's mother?

3. With whom was Ted Hughes having an affair at the time of Sylvia Plath's death?

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

5. When was A. Alvarez born?

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