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

2. A. Alvarez noted that toward the end of her life, Sylvia's once reserved persona was replaced with an aggressive one, most apparent when she was doing what activity?
(a) Arguing.
(b) Delivering readings of her poetry.
(c) Addressing critics.
(d) Reciting the Bible.

3. Who edited The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Assia Wevill.
(c) Anne Stevenson.
(d) Frances McCullough.

4. What did Olwyn Hughes claim was something Sylvia's mother had never addressed and, in fact, enabled for years?
(a) Tooth decay.
(b) Lack of exercise.
(c) Promiscuity.
(d) Mental illness.

5. What university had Sylvia Plath attended?
(a) Dartmouth College.
(b) Smith College.
(c) Columbia University.
(d) Princeton University.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many words did Ted Hughes cut from Linda Wagner-Martin's manuscript?

2. A. Alvarez claimed that Sylvia Plath did not intend __________.

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

4. Ronald Hayman wrote in The Independent that whose biography was vindictive?

5. When did Sylvia Plath die?

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