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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. Sylvia had told her mother about the dismal kitchens and ____________ in England.
(a) Roofing.
(b) Flooring.
(c) Bathrooms.
(d) Bedrooms.

2. When was The Bell Jar first published?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1960.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1963.

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

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

5. When did Malcolm meet with Trevor Thomas?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1988.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1996.

Short Answer Questions

1. What university did Janet Malcolm attend?

2. What poem from Ariel is written in nine 7-line stanzas, totaling sixty-three lines, and follows no rhyme scheme?

3. When was Jacqueline Rose's biography of Sylvia Plath published?

4. To assuage Ted's hurt artistic side, A. Alvarez wrote in a letter that he felt Ted and Sylvia were ______________.

5. Almost every writer, Anne Stevenson concluded, has some form of depression which stems from the internal nagging that the writer was not _____________.

(see the answer key)

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