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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what friend of the Hughes was William Stanley Merwin married?
(a) Dido Milroy.
(b) Janet Malcolm.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Anne Stevenson.

2. In her youth, Sylvia was known for her American neatness and what color hair?
(a) Auburn.
(b) Black.
(c) Blonde.
(d) Brunette.

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

4. In her biography of Sylvia Plath, Stevenson writes of Plath as a sober and confused perfectionist whose suicide as well as the inspiration for her art remain ___________.
(a) An unjustified murder.
(b) An atrocity.
(c) A mystery.
(d) An abomination.

5. When was Bitter Fame published?
(a) 1991.
(b) 1993.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1992.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?

2. What book by A. Alvarez about suicide gained added resonance from his friendship with Plath?

3. A. Alvarez was initially much more impressed with Ted--thinking of Sylvia as __________.

4. Whose memoir depicting Sylvia Plath did Olwyn Hughes criticize relentlessly?

5. The Bell Jar is based in part on Plath's own life and, in particular, her suicide attempt in what year?

(see the answer key)

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