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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. What was the name of Sylvia Plath's mother?
(a) Emma Rachel Plath.
(b) Aurelia Schobert Plath.
(c) Jennifer Wilma Plath.
(d) Susan Mary Plath.

2. Janet Malcolm met with Olwyn Hughes in February of what year in Part One: Chapter VI?
(a) 1987.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

3. When did Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath marry?
(a) 1957.
(b) 1956.
(c) 1959.
(d) 1960.

4. Who prescribed antidepressants for Plath a few days before her death?
(a) Dr. Holiday.
(b) Dr. Hefner.
(c) Dr. Hollingsworth.
(d) Dr. Horder.

5. When did the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church begin?
(a) 12th Century A.D.
(b) 14th Century A.D.
(c) 13th Century A.D.
(d) 11th Century A.D.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Bitter Fame published?

2. Whose biography of Sylvia Plath did Olwyn Hughes laud?

3. 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?

4. Where did A. Alvarez publish the first "official" bad review of Bitter Fame?

5. From 1956 to 1966, A. Alvarez was the poetry editor and critic for what publication?

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