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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 was Anne Stevenson viewed by the author and her peers while at the university?
(a) She was considered ignorant.
(b) She was admired.
(c) She was untrusted.
(d) She was detested.

2. When was the book The Colossus and Other Poems first published?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1955.

3. Janet Malcolm wrote to Olwyn Hughes in an effort to get an interview with whom in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) Anne Stevenson.
(b) A. Alvarez.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) Assia Wevill.

4. When did the bomb drop on Hiroshima?
(a) 1946.
(b) 1947.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1944.

5. Where did Anne Stevenson move after college and marrying?
(a) Spain.
(b) Canada.
(c) Italy.
(d) England.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the biography Bitter Fame?

2. When was A. Alvarez born?

3. 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?

4. The long and confused letter Janet Malcolm received from Olwyn in response in Part One: Chapter IV only reiterated her disdain for ____________.

5. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?

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