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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. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?
(a) Anne Stevenson.
(b) Ronald Hayman.
(c) A. Alvarez.
(d) Ted Hughes.

2. In what year had a literary critic declared that what stood out about Plath's works was that Plath's "not nice" quality was what set her apart from her contemporaries?
(a) 1971.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1955.
(d) 1963.

3. Who wrote the biography Bitter Fame?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) Janet Malcolm.
(c) Frances McCullough.
(d) Anne Stevenson.

4. How many words did Ted Hughes cut from Linda Wagner-Martin's manuscript?
(a) 11,000.
(b) 3,700.
(c) 1,800.
(d) 15,000.

5. 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) Played Russian roulette.
(d) Cut her wrist.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university did Janet Malcolm attend?

2. When was Sylvia Plath born?

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

4. When was A. Alvarez born?

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

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