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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Three: Chapters III, IV and V.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Janet Malcolm travel to meet with Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) Durham, England.
(b) Beaconsfield, England.
(c) Shirebrook, England.
(d) Helmsley, England.

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

3. Ted Hughes was outraged by Rose's inference that Plath questioned her sexual identity in what work?
(a) Rabbit Catcher.
(b) The Haunting of Sylvia Plath.
(c) The Savage God.
(d) Letters Home.

4. The editor of The Journals of Sylvia Plath defended her cuts as ___________ when publishing such raw material as journal entries?
(a) Necessary.
(b) Minimal.
(c) Standard.
(d) Requested.

5. Olwyn didn't write her own book because she wasn't a writer and, as Ted told her, no one would have ________.
(a) Understood her language.
(b) Believed her account.
(c) Been willing to publish it.
(d) Bought the book.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote The Colossus and Other Poems?

2. What refers to a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women?

3. What caused Trevor Thomas to sleep until 5 p.m. the day after Sylvia Plath killed herself?

4. When was Anne Stevenson's book Living in America: Poems published?

5. When was The Bell Jar first published?

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