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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. What biography mentioned a cloth beneath Sylvia's head as she inhaled the gas fumes and a testimonial statement by her doctor that she had been in a dire mental condition?
(a) The Haunting of Sylvia Plath.
(b) Sylvia Plath: Method and Madness: A Biography.
(c) The Unraveling Archive: Essays on Sylvia Plath.
(d) Bitter Fame.

2. In what year had a literary critic declared that what stood out about Plath's works was that Plath's "not nice" quality was what set her apart from her contemporaries?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1955.

3. What did Elizabeth Sigmund portray Olwyn Hughes as being envious of in her interview with Malcolm?
(a) Sylvia's love from Ted.
(b) Sylvia's compassion and depth.
(c) Sylvia's money.
(d) Sylvia's talent and beauty.

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

5. What was the title of Ted Hughes' last work?
(a) Flowers and Insects.
(b) The Hawk in the Rain.
(c) Wolfwatching.
(d) Birthday Letters.

Short Answer Questions

1. There was always a close association between Sylvia's work and what?

2. Olwyn Hughes promised to get Anne Stevenson an agent and publisher who would provide what resource?

3. Malcolm was surprised that Anne Stevenson confessed to having had a problem with what addiction?

4. A. Alvarez claimed that Olwyn and Ted Hughes probably chose Anne Stevenson to write a biography on Sylvia because they could ______________.

5. What literary genre emphasizes the intimate, and sometimes unflattering, information about details of the poet's personal life, such as in poems about mental illness, sexuality, and despondence?

(see the answer key)

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