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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When was A. Alvarez born?
(a) 1922.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1920.
(d) 1929.
2. When was Anne Stevenson born?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1933.
(d) 1927.
3. Olwyn Hughes promised to get Anne Stevenson an agent and publisher who would provide what resource?
(a) Printing presses.
(b) An editor.
(c) Advertising.
(d) A sizeable advance.
4. When was Janet Malcolm born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1937.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1927.
5. Where did Olwyn Hughes work until after Sylvia Plath's death?
(a) Munich.
(b) London.
(c) Paris.
(d) Prague.
Short Answer Questions
1. Janet Malcolm wrote to Olwyn Hughes in an effort to get an interview with whom in Part One: Chapter IV?
2. Sylvia Plath told A. Alvarez of two previous suicide attempts--one in which she took an overdose of pills and another when she _____________.
3. Who wrote The Colossus and Other Poems?
4. A. Alvarez's remarks placed Sylvia's suicide in what type of scenario?
5. Olwyn Hughes gave Anne Stevenson whose account that was unflattering to Sylvia to review in Part Two: Chapter I?
Short Essay Questions
1. What portrait of Sylvia Plath did Anne Stevenson paint in her biography of Sylvia? Why did critics refute that image?
2. What two friends of Sylvia perpetuated the negative image of Ted Hughes? How?
3. What lecture did Malcolm read of Anne Stevenson's defense of her biography in Part Two: Chapter I?
4. How did Janet Malcolm compare her writing to Anne Stevenson's in college? What was Stevenson's career like?
5. What did Aurelia Plath have published regarding Sylvia after her death? Why?
6. What was A. Alvarez's first impression of Ted and Sylvia? How did that opinion change?
7. How did Sylvia's demeanor and image change from her youth to her death?
8. What was the first official bad review of Bitter Fame? Who wrote it?
9. When were Ted and Sylvia separated? What did Sylvia reveal to Alvarez during that time?
10. Describe the house Sylvia rented in London. What were her impressions of the residence?
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