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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. Sylvia Plath's extremism and ________ were things that Anne Stevenson deplored.
(a) Beauty.
(b) Narcissism.
(c) Agreeability.
(d) Arrogance.

2. What poem written by Sylvia Plath, originally collected in the posthumously published volume Ariel, describes the speaker's oppression with the use of World War II Nazi Germany allusions and images?
(a) Lady Lazarus.
(b) Poppies in October.
(c) Sheep in Fog.
(d) The Night Dances.

3. When was A. Alvarez born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1929.

4. Who wrote The Haunting of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Janet Malcolm.
(b) Aurelia Plath.
(c) A. Alvarez.
(d) Jacqueline Rose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To what friend of the Hughes was William Stanley Merwin married?

2. What "friend" of Plath finally felt the freedom to express her true feelings for the poet by relating that she was a horrible wife and a martyr?

3. What American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics was the father of Anne Stevenson?

4. Anne Stevenson tried to defend herself in her speech in Part Two: Chapter I by explaining that some of her work was tainted by the controlling hands of whom?

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

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