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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. When was Janet Malcolm born?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1934.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1927.

2. When did Sylvia Plath die?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1971.

3. Anne Stevenson began a lecture describing how her and Sylvia's background as well as ideology were similar, and they had both married _________.
(a) Englishmen.
(b) Adulterers.
(c) Incorrectly.
(d) Hastily.

4. What book by A. Alvarez about suicide gained added resonance from his friendship with Plath?
(a) Where Did It All Go Right.
(b) School of Donne.
(c) Life after Marriage: Scenes from Divorce.
(d) The Savage God.

5. In 1952, William Stanley Merwin's first book of poetry was published under what title?
(a) A Hat for Harrold.
(b) A Mask for Janus.
(c) A Coat for Jamal.
(d) Glasses for Peter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long had Anne Stevenson worked on her biography of Sylvia Plath before it was published?

2. In her youth, Sylvia was known for her American neatness and what color hair?

3. What did Ted Hughes called Alvarez' assertion that there was a professional jealousy between him and Sylvia?

4. What was the name of the man Sylvia was involved with when she met Ted Hughes?

5. Immediately after Sylvia's suicide, whom did Elizabeth Sigmund blame?

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