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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who edited The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Anne Stevenson.
(c) Frances McCullough.
(d) Assia Wevill.

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

3. A. Alvarez claimed that Sylvia Plath did not intend __________.
(a) To write a best seller.
(b) To kill herself.
(c) To be famous.
(d) To get divorced.

4. Where was A. Alvarez born?
(a) Spain.
(b) Mexico.
(c) El Salvador.
(d) England.

5. Olwyn didn't write her own book because she wasn't a writer and, as Ted told her, no one would have ________.
(a) Been willing to publish it.
(b) Understood her language.
(c) Believed her account.
(d) Bought the book.

6. When was Anne Stevenson born?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1935.

7. When was Janet Malcolm born?
(a) 1927.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1929.
(d) 1934.

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

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

10. Who was the consulting editor on The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Frances McCullough.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) Anne Stevenson.
(d) Assia Wevill.

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

12. How was Anne Stevenson viewed by the author and her peers while at the university?
(a) She was detested.
(b) She was untrusted.
(c) She was admired.
(d) She was considered ignorant.

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

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

15. When did Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath marry?
(a) 1959.
(b) 1957.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1956.

Short Answer 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?

2. A. Alvarez noted that toward the end of her life, Sylvia's once reserved persona was replaced with an aggressive one, most apparent when she was doing what activity?

3. How many words did Ted Hughes cut from Linda Wagner-Martin's manuscript?

4. The long and confused letter Janet Malcolm received from Olwyn in response in Part One: Chapter IV only reiterated her disdain for ____________.

5. Who witnessed Sylvia weeping over Ted's infidelity, claiming that she had given her whole heart to Ted and couldn't get it back?

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