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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. What university did Sylvia Plath attend in England?
(a) Exeter University.
(b) Rhodes University.
(c) Cambridge University.
(d) Oxford University.

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

3. 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.

4. Where did Malcolm ask her taxi driver to detour on the way to interview Clarissa Roche?
(a) Wimborne Minster.
(b) Paddock Wood.
(c) North Tawton.
(d) Cleobury Mortimer.

5. To what friend of the Hughes was William Stanley Merwin married?
(a) Dido Milroy.
(b) Janet Malcolm.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Anne Stevenson.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?

2. The Bell Jar is based in part on Plath's own life and, in particular, her suicide attempt in what year?

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

4. Where was Sylvia Plath born?

5. At what meeting had Anne Stevenson appeared to speak in Part Two: Chapter I?

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