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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. When was the publication date of The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1979.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1982.

2. When was Bitter Fame published?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1992.

3. Malcolm drew a parallel between Anne Stevenson's failed relationship and her guilt-ridden past to the subservient role she took on with whom?
(a) Phillip Hobsbaum.
(b) Owlyn Hughes.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) Dido Merwin.

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

5. In Part Two: Chapter II, Ted described the battle Sylvia had to get her short story published in what periodical?
(a) Good Housekeeping.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Family Circle.
(d) The Ladies' Home Journal.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In a letter from Ted Hughes, Alvarez was excoriated for publicly airing the details of what event in his memoirs?

3. Anne Stevenson began a lecture describing how her and Sylvia's background as well as ideology were similar, and they had both married _________.

4. Anne Stevenson explained in Part Two: Chapter I that she had been commissioned to write a story about Sylvia Plath in a series for Penguin Books called __________.

5. What did Sylvia Plath leave for her children when they awoke the night she killed herself?

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