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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters VIII and IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ted felt that Sylvia's work lacked what element?
(a) Emotion.
(b) Perspective.
(c) Proofreading.
(d) Truth.

2. The Bell Jar is based in part on Plath's own life and, in particular, her suicide attempt in what year?
(a) 1950.
(b) 1955.
(c) 1953.
(d) 1949.

3. What poem from Ariel is written in nine 7-line stanzas, totaling sixty-three lines, and follows no rhyme scheme?
(a) Tulips.
(b) Medusa.
(c) The Bee Meeting.
(d) Morning Song.

4. There was always a close association between Sylvia's work and what?
(a) Her personal life.
(b) Her love of Greek literature.
(c) Her spirituality.
(d) Her love of Shakespeare.

5. In a letter to her former lover at the end of their relationship, Sylvia told him, "Perhaps when we find ourselves wanting everything it is because we are dangerously near to wanting __________."
(a) One thing.
(b) Something.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Death.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who wrote The Haunting of Sylvia Plath?

3. When was Ronald Hayman born?

4. When did Assia Wevill die?

5. Who wrote The Colossus and Other Poems?

(see the answer key)

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