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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. When was Ronald Hayman born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1929.

2. Sylvia Plath told A. Alvarez of two previous suicide attempts--one in which she took an overdose of pills and another when she _____________.
(a) Cut her wrist.
(b) Played Russian roulette.
(c) Attempted to hang herself.
(d) Almost drove off the road.

3. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?
(a) A. Alvarez.
(b) Anne Stevenson.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) Ronald Hayman.

4. Whom had the second installment of The Savage God pulled from the Observer?
(a) Sylvia Plath.
(b) A. Alvarez.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) Anne Stevenson.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was The Bell Jar first published?

2. The woman who had found the flat for the Hughes described in in Part One: Chapter VII recalled how Sylvia eschewed her suggestion to buy _____________.

3. What was the name of Sylvia Plath's mother?

4. A. Alvarez's remarks placed Sylvia's suicide in what type of scenario?

5. Where did Anne Stevenson move after college and marrying?

(see the answer key)

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