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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Assia Wevill die?
(a) 1970.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1964.

2. How did Trevor Thomas know Sylvia Plath?
(a) They worked together at one time.
(b) They went to school together.
(c) He worked at her favorite restraunt.
(d) He lived below her.

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

4. Immediately after Sylvia's suicide, whom did Elizabeth Sigmund blame?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) Olwyn Hughes.
(d) Clarissa Roche.

5. Ted Hughes was the British Poet Laureate beginning in what year?
(a) 1981.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1984.
(d) 1983.

6. Jacqueline Rose only dealt with Olwyn Hughes when asking to publish _________ in her biography.
(a) An introduction.
(b) Letters from her brother.
(c) Quotes of hers.
(d) Entire poems.

7. The man whom Sylvia Plath was dating when she met Ted Hughes did not return her _____________.
(a) Love of art.
(b) Love of literature.
(c) Passion.
(d) Mistrust of humanity.

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

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

10. Ted Hughes asked that Anne Stevenson keep Assia's story out of which book?
(a) Five Looks at Elizabeth Bishop.
(b) A Game of Statues.
(c) Bitter Fame.
(d) Mask of Treason.

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

12. 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) Lady Lazarus.
(b) Sheep in Fog.
(c) The Night Dances.
(d) Poppies in October.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the title of Ted Hughes' last work?

2. Ted Hughes was outraged by Rose's inference that Plath questioned her sexual identity in what work?

3. What book did A. Alvarez write on the subject of divorce?

4. The protagonist in The Bell Jar is from suburbs outside what city?

5. Malcolm was surprised that Anne Stevenson confessed to having had a problem with what addiction?

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