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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. Where was A. Alvarez born?
(a) England.
(b) El Salvador.
(c) Spain.
(d) Mexico.

2. Anne Stevenson began a lecture describing how her and Sylvia's background as well as ideology were similar, and they had both married _________.
(a) Hastily.
(b) Englishmen.
(c) Incorrectly.
(d) Adulterers.

3. When was Bitter Fame published?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1992.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1989.

4. Anne Stevenson wrote that "it took me two unhappy marriages and ____ children to make me reconsider my assumptions."
(a) One.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. After she and Ted separated, Sylvia chose to stay in England because __________ was more accepted there.
(a) Divorce.
(b) Her dark and edgy writing.
(c) Betrayal from the Church.
(d) Infidelity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anne Stevenson's early days in England were much like Sylvia's because neither woman was prepared for __________.

2. When was Ariel published?

3. Sylvia Plath told A. Alvarez of two previous suicide attempts--one in which she took an overdose of pills and another when she _____________.

4. When was Ronald Hayman born?

5. Where was Sylvia Plath born?

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