View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Ted Hughes called Alvarez' assertion that there was a professional jealousy between him and Sylvia?
(a) Accurate.
(b) Unfounded.
(c) Absurd.
(d) Partially true.

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

3. What was the address where Sylvia committed suicide?
(a) 168 Holland Circle.
(b) 75 Kirkland Drive.
(c) 23 Fitzroy Road.
(d) 439 Meadow Lane.

4. A. Alvarez was initially much more impressed with Ted--thinking of Sylvia as __________.
(a) A dowdy little housewife.
(b) A trophy wife.
(c) The perfect woman.
(d) A literary genious.

5. In Part Two: Chapter IV, Malcolm hadn't been able to interview Alvarez or Ted because who basically disallowed it?
(a) Aurelia Plath.
(b) Olwyn Hughes.
(c) Frances McCullough.
(d) Clarissa Roche.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ted Hughes asked that Anne Stevenson keep Assia's story out of which book?

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

3. What did Malcolm feel like upon arriving at Sylvia's former home in Part Two: Chapter IX?

4. What university did Janet Malcolm attend?

5. The author writes that biographers love letters since they are the fossils of ___________.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 220 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample