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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In her book, Jacqueline Rose took to task what work as a cause célèbre that was concocted by the Hughes?
(a) Bitter Fame.
(b) Three Women: A Monologue for Three Voices.
(c) Crossing the Water.
(d) Winter Trees.

2. Malcolm was surprised that Anne Stevenson confessed to having had a problem with what addiction?
(a) Drug addiction.
(b) Men.
(c) Alcoholism.
(d) Gambling.

3. In Part Two: Chapter IV, Malcolm hadn't been able to interview Alvarez or Ted because who basically disallowed it?
(a) Frances McCullough.
(b) Olwyn Hughes.
(c) Clarissa Roche.
(d) Aurelia Plath.

4. Ted Hughes was outraged by Rose's inference that Plath questioned her sexual identity in what work?
(a) Rabbit Catcher.
(b) The Haunting of Sylvia Plath.
(c) Letters Home.
(d) The Savage God.

5. 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) Strangle a cat.
(c) Wrestle a lion.
(d) Outsmart a fox.

6. Where did Malcolm interview Clarissa Roche in Part Two: Chapter IX?
(a) Oswestry, England.
(b) Coleshill, England.
(c) Somerset, England.
(d) Kenilworth, England.

7. What did Elizabeth Sigmund portray Olwyn Hughes as being envious of in her interview with Malcolm?
(a) Sylvia's money.
(b) Sylvia's compassion and depth.
(c) Sylvia's talent and beauty.
(d) Sylvia's love from Ted.

8. Who currently lived at the home Malcolm detoured past on her way to interview Clarissa Roche in Part Two: Chapter IX?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) A. Alvarez.
(c) Anne Stevenson.
(d) Olwyn Hughes.

9. What poem from Ariel is written in nine 7-line stanzas, totaling sixty-three lines, and follows no rhyme scheme?
(a) The Bee Meeting.
(b) Morning Song.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Medusa.

10. Sylvia resigned from teaching when she and Ted decided to make a living on __________.
(a) His investments.
(b) Her inheritance.
(c) Their writing.
(d) Their publishing company.

11. On the eve of her death, Sylvia Plath insisted on paying for what which she got from Trevor Thomas?
(a) Books.
(b) Food.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Gas.

12. What caused Trevor Thomas to sleep until 5 p.m. the day after Sylvia Plath killed herself?
(a) Depression.
(b) Sleeping pills.
(c) Escaped gas.
(d) Hangover.

13. In Part Two: Chapters VIII, Elizabeth Sigmund mentioned that Ted and Carol no longer speak to whom?
(a) Aurelia Plath.
(b) Clarissa Roche.
(c) A. Alvarez.
(d) Olwyn Hughes.

14. When was Anne Stevenson's book Correspondences: A Family History in Letters published?
(a) 1978.
(b) 1971.
(c) 1968.
(d) 1974.

15. How many children did Assia Wevill have with Ted Hughes?
(a) Zero.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) Three.

Short Answer Questions

1. What American poet was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950?

2. What memoir did Trevor Thomas write that described Sylvia Plath?

3. The man whom Sylvia Plath was dating when she met Ted Hughes did not return her _____________.

4. What is the name of the protagonist in The Bell Jar?

5. Sylvia Plath's extremism and ________ were things that Anne Stevenson deplored.

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