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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Part Two: Chapter II, Ted described the battle Sylvia had to get her short story published in what periodical?
(a) Good Housekeeping.
(b) Rolling Stone.
(c) Family Circle.
(d) The Ladies' Home Journal.

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

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

4. When was Ariel published?
(a) 1963.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1962.
(d) 1968.

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

6. To assuage Ted's hurt artistic side, A. Alvarez wrote in a letter that he felt Ted and Sylvia were ______________.
(a) Beautiful souls.
(b) True intellectuals.
(c) The greatest love story of all time.
(d) The best poets of their generation.

7. Sylvia wrote in her journal that the fight at the end of the school year had caused her to lose faith in Ted. She asked why the wife was the last to see the husband's ___________.
(a) "Warts."
(b) "Ulcer."
(c) "Wounds."
(d) "Hemorrhoid."

8. 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.

9. To A. Alvarez, Anne Stevenson was a minor writer writing about a major writer and thus there was natural ____________.
(a) Envy.
(b) Admiration.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Cautiousness.

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

11. Anne Stevenson wrote that "it took me two unhappy marriages and ____ children to make me reconsider my assumptions."
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Five.
(d) Two.

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

13. Sylvia wrote in her journals that she was certain she had the ability to commit suicide, murder a woman, and ____________.
(a) Strangle a cat.
(b) Outsmart a fox.
(c) Wound a man.
(d) Wrestle a lion.

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

15. The editor of The Journals of Sylvia Plath defended her cuts as ___________ when publishing such raw material as journal entries?
(a) Standard.
(b) Necessary.
(c) Minimal.
(d) Requested.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did Anne Stevenson write to Olwyn about never contacting her again?

2. Where did Malcolm ask her taxi driver to detour on the way to interview Clarissa Roche?

3. Sylvia Plath met Ted Hughes during her last year at which school?

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

5. Where did Malcolm interview Clarissa Roche in Part Two: Chapter IX?

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