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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters IV, V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?
(a) Rolling Stone.
(b) The New Yorker.
(c) Time Magazine.
(d) Newsweek.

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

3. Where did Janet Malcolm travel to meet with Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) Durham, England.
(b) Helmsley, England.
(c) Beaconsfield, England.
(d) Shirebrook, England.

4. Sylvia had told her mother about the dismal kitchens and ____________ in England.
(a) Roofing.
(b) Flooring.
(c) Bedrooms.
(d) Bathrooms.

5. What was the name of Sylvia Plath's mother?
(a) Aurelia Schobert Plath.
(b) Susan Mary Plath.
(c) Emma Rachel Plath.
(d) Jennifer Wilma Plath.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne Stevenson explained in Part Two: Chapter I that she had been commissioned to write a story about Sylvia Plath in a series for Penguin Books called __________.

2. Toward the end of her life, according to Alvarez, Sylvia Plath developed a problem with ___________.

3. Where did Olwyn Hughes work until after Sylvia Plath's death?

4. Who wrote the biography Bitter Fame?

5. Where was A. Alvarez born?

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