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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Olwyn Hughes gave Anne Stevenson whose account that was unflattering to Sylvia to review in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) Ted Hughes'.
(b) Dido Merwin's.
(c) Clarissa Roche's.
(d) Elizabeth Sigmund's.

2. With whom was Ted Hughes having an affair at the time of Sylvia Plath's death?
(a) Frances McCullough.
(b) Janet Malcolm.
(c) Assia Wevill.
(d) Charles Stevenson.

3. Who wrote the biography Bitter Fame?
(a) Janet Malcolm.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Anne Stevenson.
(d) Frances McCullough.

4. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?
(a) Time Magazine.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Newsweek.
(d) The New Yorker.

5. In the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes indicated that he might be able to get his hands on what?
(a) A lost journal.
(b) Love letters.
(c) The original manuscript.
(d) Additional material.

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

7. When did the Inquisition of the Roman Catholic Church begin?
(a) 12th Century A.D.
(b) 11th Century A.D.
(c) 13th Century A.D.
(d) 14th Century A.D.

8. To what friend of the Hughes was William Stanley Merwin married?
(a) Anne Stevenson.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Dido Milroy.
(d) Janet Malcolm.

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

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

11. Anne Stevenson began a lecture describing how her and Sylvia's background as well as ideology were similar, and they had both married _________.
(a) Englishmen.
(b) Adulterers.
(c) Hastily.
(d) Incorrectly.

12. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?
(a) Zero.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

13. What American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics was the father of Anne Stevenson?
(a) Harold Stevenson.
(b) Robert Stevenson.
(c) Charles Stevenson.
(d) Richard Stevenson.

14. When did the bomb drop on Hiroshima?
(a) 1947.
(b) 1946.
(c) 1945.
(d) 1944.

15. What university did Janet Malcolm attend?
(a) University of Montana.
(b) University of Michigan.
(c) University of Illinois.
(d) University of Idaho.

Short Answer Questions

1. After she and Ted separated, Sylvia chose to stay in England because __________ was more accepted there.

2. What did Olwyn Hughes claim was something Sylvia's mother had never addressed and, in fact, enabled for years?

3. How was Anne Stevenson viewed by the author and her peers while at the university?

4. What refers to a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women?

5. In her biography of Sylvia Plath, Stevenson writes of Plath as a sober and confused perfectionist whose suicide as well as the inspiration for her art remain ___________.

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