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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. A. Alvarez's remarks placed Sylvia's suicide in what type of scenario?
(a) "If only."
(b) "Look at me."
(c) "As if."
(d) "No go."

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 _____________.
(a) A bicycle.
(b) A car.
(c) Used appliances or furniture.
(d) A phonograph.

3. With whom was Ted Hughes having an affair at the time of Sylvia Plath's death?
(a) Assia Wevill.
(b) Charles Stevenson.
(c) Janet Malcolm.
(d) Frances McCullough.

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

5. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?
(a) Zero.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) One.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath were separated by the fall of what year?

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

3. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?

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

5. In 1952, William Stanley Merwin's first book of poetry was published under what title?

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