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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. Malcolm was surprised that Anne Stevenson confessed to having had a problem with what addiction?
(a) Alcoholism.
(b) Gambling.
(c) Men.
(d) Drug addiction.

2. What was the name of the man Sylvia was involved with when she met Ted Hughes?
(a) David Neighbors.
(b) Ralph Brighton.
(c) Abraham Thompson.
(d) Richard Sassoon.

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

4. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Zero.

5. When was the novel The Bell Jar first published under Sylvia Plath's name?
(a) 1962.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1973.
(d) 1970.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Janet Malcolm travel to meet with Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter I?

2. Anne Stevenson claimed that in her early days in England she reached for a drink much as Sylvia reached for ___________.

3. How many years of hell did Ted Hughes go through after Sylvia's death, according to Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter IV?

4. Anne Stevenson began a lecture describing how her and Sylvia's background as well as ideology were similar, and they had both married _________.

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

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