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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. A. Alvarez ended his interview with Malcolm in Part Two: Chapter VII by concluding that Ted could never accept the fact that Sylvia's life and death was ________ and he could do nothing to change that.
(a) Dramatic.
(b) In the public domain.
(c) Not perfect.
(d) A rollercoaster.

2. A. Alvarez noted that toward the end of her life, Sylvia's once reserved persona was replaced with an aggressive one, most apparent when she was doing what activity?
(a) Addressing critics.
(b) Arguing.
(c) Reciting the Bible.
(d) Delivering readings of her poetry.

3. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Ronald Hayman.
(c) Anne Stevenson.
(d) A. Alvarez.

4. A. Alvarez claimed that Olwyn and Ted Hughes probably chose Anne Stevenson to write a biography on Sylvia because they could ______________.
(a) Manipulate her.
(b) Profit from her.
(c) Believe in her.
(d) Feel good about themselves.

5. Sylvia's failed confrontation with whom in Paris comprised the most interesting and least tampered with entries of The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Richard Sassoon.
(b) Olwyn Hughes.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) Elizabeth Bishop.

Short Answer Questions

1. There was always a close association between Sylvia's work and what?

2. Sylvia Plath met Ted Hughes during her last year at which school?

3. In the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes indicated that he might be able to get his hands on what?

4. In 1952, William Stanley Merwin's first book of poetry was published under what title?

5. When was the novel The Bell Jar first published under Sylvia Plath's name?

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