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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. Elizabeth Sigmund was friends with Sylvia Plath for how long?
(a) Ten years.
(b) Six years.
(c) Two years.
(d) One year.

2. Sylvia wrote in her journals that she was certain she had the ability to commit suicide, murder a woman, and ____________.
(a) Wound a man.
(b) Outsmart a fox.
(c) Strangle a cat.
(d) Wrestle a lion.

3. Janet Malcolm met with Olwyn Hughes in February of what year in Part One: Chapter VI?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1990.
(c) 1991.
(d) 1987.

4. What poet and playwright had previously lived at the residence where Sylvia Plath committed suicide?
(a) Leonard Cohen.
(b) Jack Kerouac.
(c) W. B. Yeats.
(d) Charles Bukowski.

5. When was the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath released?
(a) 1983.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1987.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. Elizabeth Sigmund recounted an incident, soon after Sylvia's death, in which Ted did all except __________.

2. Anne Stevenson sent a completed draft of her story for Penguin Books to whom for his comments?

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?

4. Where was A. Alvarez born?

5. Dealing with Olwyn for three years, Malcolm saw none of the expected ________ in her character?

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