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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Olwyn Hughes claim was something Sylvia's mother had never addressed and, in fact, enabled for years?
(a) Tooth decay.
(b) Promiscuity.
(c) Mental illness.
(d) Lack of exercise.

2. Linda Wagner-Martin wrote a biography of Sylvia Plath. Upon what did her relationship with the Hughes family deteriorate in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) Reviews of the book being published.
(b) Choosing a cover for the book.
(c) The publishing of the book.
(d) Completion of the manuscript.

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

4. What "friend" of Plath finally felt the freedom to express her true feelings for the poet by relating that she was a horrible wife and a martyr?
(a) Olwyn Hughes .
(b) Anne Stevenson.
(c) Dido Milroy.
(d) Frances McCullough.

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

6. Who prescribed antidepressants for Plath a few days before her death?
(a) Dr. Hollingsworth.
(b) Dr. Hefner.
(c) Dr. Holiday.
(d) Dr. Horder.

7. Anne Stevenson tried to defend herself in her speech in Part Two: Chapter I by explaining that some of her work was tainted by the controlling hands of whom?
(a) Clarissa Roche.
(b) Olwyn Hughes.
(c) Aurelia Plath.
(d) Ted Hughes.

8. 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) 1955.
(b) 1963.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1968.

9. Where did Olwyn Hughes work until after Sylvia Plath's death?
(a) Paris.
(b) Prague.
(c) London.
(d) Munich.

10. Who witnessed Sylvia weeping over Ted's infidelity, claiming that she had given her whole heart to Ted and couldn't get it back?
(a) Elizabeth Sigmund.
(b) Aurelia Plath.
(c) Clarissa Roche.
(d) Olwyn Hughes.

11. In 1952, William Stanley Merwin's first book of poetry was published under what title?
(a) A Hat for Harrold.
(b) Glasses for Peter.
(c) A Mask for Janus.
(d) A Coat for Jamal.

12. Who wrote The Haunting of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Aurelia Plath.
(b) Jacqueline Rose.
(c) Janet Malcolm.
(d) A. Alvarez.

13. At what meeting had Anne Stevenson appeared to speak in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) The Girl Scouts.
(b) The 4H Club.
(c) The University Women's Club.
(d) A town hall meeting.

14. In the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes avoided blame for what?
(a) Incomplete editing.
(b) Plath's unhappiness.
(c) Plath's death.
(d) The destruction of Plath's journals.

15. Who was named the literary agent for the writings of Sylvia Plath after her death?
(a) Olwyn Hughes .
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) Dido Milroy.
(d) Janet Malcolm.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Bitter Fame published?

2. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?

3. When Anne Stevenson wrote her biography of Sylvia Plath, she found that she and Sylvia had gone through the same teen-aged angst and sexual frustrations of the American youth of what era?

4. How many pages did the manuscript which Anne Stevenson wrote for Penguin Books contain?

5. Under what pseudonym was The Bell Jar originally published?

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