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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The protagonist in The Bell Jar is from suburbs outside what city?
(a) San Francisco, California.
(b) Chicago, Illinois.
(c) Boston, Massachusetts.
(d) Miami, Florida.

2. Sylvia Plath met Ted Hughes during her last year at which school?
(a) Dartmouth College.
(b) Smith College.
(c) Yale University.
(d) Brown University.

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

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

5. How did Assia Wevill die?
(a) She was hit by a car.
(b) A heart attack.
(c) She gassed herself.
(d) Cancer.

6. When was Jacqueline Rose's biography of Sylvia Plath published?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1991.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1987.

7. 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) Taken out parts that offended him.
(b) Made up several passages.
(c) Lost a journal.
(d) Never read them.

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

9. Elizabeth Sigmund was friends with Sylvia Plath for how long?
(a) One year.
(b) Two years.
(c) Ten years.
(d) Six years.

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

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

12. Clarissa Roche first knew Sylvia Plath from when she was teaching in what years?
(a) 1953-54.
(b) 1955-56.
(c) 1957-58.
(d) 1960-61.

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

14. What game had Elizabeth Sigmund played with Olwyn Hughes on a few occasions?
(a) Bridge.
(b) Poker.
(c) Croquet.
(d) Badminton.

15. What poem written by Sylvia Plath, originally collected in the posthumously published volume Ariel, describes the speaker's oppression with the use of World War II Nazi Germany allusions and images?
(a) Sheep in Fog.
(b) Poppies in October.
(c) The Night Dances.
(d) Lady Lazarus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Almost every writer, Anne Stevenson concluded, has some form of depression which stems from the internal nagging that the writer was not _____________.

2. What did Elizabeth Sigmund portray Olwyn Hughes as being envious of in her interview with Malcolm?

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

4. When did Ted Hughes die?

5. Sylvia resigned from teaching when she and Ted decided to make a living on __________.

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