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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sylvia saw a therapist who felt that her relationship with whom was central to her problems?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her father.
(c) Clarissa.
(d) Ted.

3. What did Ted Hughes called Alvarez' assertion that there was a professional jealousy between him and Sylvia?
(a) Unfounded.
(b) Absurd.
(c) Accurate.
(d) Partially true.

4. When The Journals of Sylvia Plath were published, they were met with derision--first because of Ted's admission that he had done what?
(a) Never read them.
(b) Made up several passages.
(c) Lost a journal.
(d) Taken out parts that offended him.

5. Clarissa Roche first knew Sylvia Plath from when she was teaching at what school?
(a) University of Minnesota.
(b) Smith College.
(c) Ohio State University.
(d) Yale University.

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

7. Malcolm drew a parallel between Anne Stevenson's failed relationship and her guilt-ridden past to the subservient role she took on with whom?
(a) Owlyn Hughes.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) Phillip Hobsbaum.
(d) Dido Merwin.

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

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

10. In what year did Anne Stevenson write to Olwyn about never contacting her again?
(a) 1988.
(b) 1983.
(c) 1986.
(d) 1985.

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

12. What was the name of Clarissa Roche's husband of whom Sylvia had less than kind things to say about?
(a) Paul.
(b) Jim.
(c) Mark.
(d) Frank.

13. Since Sylvia's death, Ted had served two masters--the literary artist who wanted her work to be her legacy and ____________.
(a) Her eternal lover.
(b) The protector of his children's mother.
(c) An ambassador of truth.
(d) The ultimate critic.

14. Where was Sylvia Plath's father from?
(a) Russia.
(b) Romania.
(c) Poland.
(d) Germany.

15. Anne Stevenson's early days in England were much like Sylvia's because neither woman was prepared for __________.
(a) The culture shock.
(b) The food.
(c) The accents.
(d) The weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ted Hughes had sued Trevor Thomas for claiming that on the night of Sylvia's funeral, Ted __________.

2. Ted felt that Sylvia's work lacked what element?

3. When was Anne Stevenson's book Living in America: Poems published?

4. A. Alvarez claimed to have thought that Bitter Fame was an example of ___________.

5. Anne Stevenson left her second husband and children to go off with what poet?

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