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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Malcolm meet with Trevor Thomas?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1996.
(c) 1988.
(d) 1991.

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

3. What did Malcolm feel like upon arriving at Sylvia's former home in Part Two: Chapter IX?
(a) A stalker.
(b) A paparazzi.
(c) A tourist.
(d) A schoolgirl.

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

5. 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 ultimate critic.
(c) An ambassador of truth.
(d) The protector of his children's mother.

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

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

8. 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) Phillip Hobsbaum.
(c) Ted Hughes.
(d) Dido Merwin.

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

10. Sylvia Plath's extremism and ________ were things that Anne Stevenson deplored.
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Agreeability.
(c) Narcissism.
(d) Beauty.

11. In Part Three: Chapter IV, Malcolm had another run-in with Olwyn, who felt she took Sylvia's side when a former boyfriend she interviewed felt Sylvia had __________.
(a) Borderline personality.
(b) Excessive emotion.
(c) Psychological issues.
(d) Suicidal thoughts.

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

13. Sylvia's failed confrontation with whom in Paris comprised the most interesting and least tampered with entries of The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
(a) Elizabeth Bishop.
(b) Olwyn Hughes.
(c) Richard Sassoon.
(d) Ted Hughes.

14. How many years of hell did Ted Hughes go through after Sylvia's death, according to Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter IV?
(a) Seven.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. To assuage Ted's hurt artistic side, A. Alvarez wrote in a letter that he felt Ted and Sylvia were ______________.

2. What caused Trevor Thomas to sleep until 5 p.m. the day after Sylvia Plath killed herself?

3. What poem from Ariel is written in nine 7-line stanzas, totaling sixty-three lines, and follows no rhyme scheme?

4. On the eve of her death, Sylvia Plath insisted on paying for what which she got from Trevor Thomas?

5. When did Assia Wevill die?

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