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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 did Assia Wevill die?
(a) 1965.
(b) 1970.
(c) 1964.
(d) 1969.

2. From 1956 to 1966, A. Alvarez was the poetry editor and critic for what publication?
(a) The Analyst.
(b) The Insider.
(c) The Observer.
(d) The Reporter.

3. Olwyn Hughes gave Anne Stevenson whose account that was unflattering to Sylvia to review in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) Elizabeth Sigmund's.
(b) Ted Hughes'.
(c) Dido Merwin's.
(d) Clarissa Roche's.

4. What university did Janet Malcolm attend?
(a) University of Michigan.
(b) University of Illinois.
(c) University of Montana.
(d) University of Idaho.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What editor of The Journals of Sylvia Plath was criticized for her own omission of some works?

3. Anne Stevenson sent a completed draft of her story for Penguin Books to whom for his comments?

4. What did Olwyn Hughes claim was something Sylvia's mother had never addressed and, in fact, enabled for years?

5. How did Assia Wevill die?

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