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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. Who was named the literary agent for the writings of Sylvia Plath after her death?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Olwyn Hughes .
(c) Dido Milroy.
(d) Janet Malcolm.

2. What book by A. Alvarez about suicide gained added resonance from his friendship with Plath?
(a) Life after Marriage: Scenes from Divorce.
(b) Where Did It All Go Right.
(c) The Savage God.
(d) School of Donne.

3. How many words did Ted Hughes cut from Linda Wagner-Martin's manuscript?
(a) 3,700.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 11,000.
(d) 1,800.

4. From 1956 to 1966, A. Alvarez was the poetry editor and critic for what publication?
(a) The Reporter.
(b) The Observer.
(c) The Insider.
(d) The Analyst.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Haunting of Sylvia Plath?

2. Where was Sylvia Plath born?

3. When was Ronald Hayman born?

4. When was the novel The Bell Jar first published under Sylvia Plath's name?

5. What is the term used for a novel describing real life, behind a façade of fiction?

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