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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. When was Anne Stevenson's book Correspondences: A Family History in Letters published?
(a) 1974.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1978.

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

3. What did Olwyn Hughes claim was something Sylvia's mother had never addressed and, in fact, enabled for years?
(a) Promiscuity.
(b) Lack of exercise.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Tooth decay.

4. How old was Ted Hughes when Sylvia Plath died?
(a) 32.
(b) 41.
(c) 39.
(d) 29.

5. How many children did Assia Wevill have with Ted Hughes?
(a) Zero.
(b) One.
(c) Two.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. Olwyn Hughes gave Anne Stevenson whose account that was unflattering to Sylvia to review in Part Two: Chapter I?

2. What poet and playwright had previously lived at the residence where Sylvia Plath committed suicide?

3. Where did Anne Stevenson move after college and marrying?

4. A. Alvarez was initially much more impressed with Ted--thinking of Sylvia as __________.

5. After she and Ted separated, Sylvia chose to stay in England because __________ was more accepted there.

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