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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. Alvarez responded to Ted Hughes in letters that his work was honest and not one of _____________.
(a) Fiction.
(b) Evil motivation.
(c) Sensationalism.
(d) Lies.

2. When The Journals of Sylvia Plath were published, it left many thinking that the words and spirit of Sylvia had been ___________.
(a) Immortalized.
(b) Repressed.
(c) Remembered.
(d) Lies.

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

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

5. Linda Wagner-Martin wrote a biography of Sylvia Plath. Upon what did her relationship with the Hughes family deteriorate in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) The publishing of the book.
(b) Reviews of the book being published.
(c) Completion of the manuscript.
(d) Choosing a cover for the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. A. Alvarez claimed that Sylvia Plath did not intend __________.

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

3. To what friend of the Hughes was William Stanley Merwin married?

4. Olwyn Hughes gave Anne Stevenson whose account that was unflattering to Sylvia to review in Part Two: Chapter I?

5. Who prescribed antidepressants for Plath a few days before her death?

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