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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. What did Sylvia Plath leave for her children when they awoke the night she killed herself?
(a) Milk and cookies.
(b) Their backpacks.
(c) Bread and milk.
(d) A note.

2. Malcolm drew a parallel between Anne Stevenson's failed relationship and her guilt-ridden past to the subservient role she took on with whom?
(a) Owlyn Hughes.
(b) Dido Merwin.
(c) Phillip Hobsbaum.
(d) Ted Hughes.

3. Where did Anne Stevenson move after college and marrying?
(a) Italy.
(b) Canada.
(c) England.
(d) Spain.

4. The editor of The Journals of Sylvia Plath defended her cuts as ___________ when publishing such raw material as journal entries?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Standard.
(c) Minimal.
(d) Requested.

5. In Part Two: Chapter II, Ted described the battle Sylvia had to get her short story published in what periodical?
(a) The Ladies' Home Journal.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Good Housekeeping.
(d) Family Circle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne Stevenson left her second husband and children to go off with what poet?

2. When was Ariel published?

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

4. 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?

5. When was The Bell Jar first published?

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