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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. 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?
(a) Truthful poetry.
(b) Sinful poetry.
(c) Realistic poetry.
(d) Confessional poetry.

2. Where was A. Alvarez born?
(a) Mexico.
(b) El Salvador.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

3. What American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics was the father of Anne Stevenson?
(a) Richard Stevenson.
(b) Robert Stevenson.
(c) Charles Stevenson.
(d) Harold Stevenson.

4. How did Sylvia Plath commit suicide?
(a) She gassed herself.
(b) She overdosed.
(c) She shot herself.
(d) She hung herself.

5. What is the term used for a novel describing real life, behind a façade of fiction?
(a) Biography.
(b) Nonfiction fiction.
(c) Autobiography.
(d) Roman a clef.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?

2. Under what pseudonym was The Bell Jar originally published?

3. Janet Malcolm met with Olwyn Hughes in February of what year in Part One: Chapter VI?

4. Who witnessed Sylvia weeping over Ted's infidelity, claiming that she had given her whole heart to Ted and couldn't get it back?

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

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