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

2. What was Ted seen as in Sylvia's life, according to her therapist?
(a) A brother.
(b) A best friend.
(c) A father figure.
(d) A teacher.

3. What editor of The Journals of Sylvia Plath was criticized for her own omission of some works?
(a) Amanda Reynolds.
(b) Helen Barry.
(c) Roberta Jefferies.
(d) Frances McCullough.

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

5. Malcolm was surprised that Anne Stevenson confessed to having had a problem with what addiction?
(a) Gambling.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Drug addiction.
(d) Men.

Short Answer Questions

1. A. Alvarez claimed to have thought that Bitter Fame was an example of ___________.

2. 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 __________.

3. When The Journals of Sylvia Plath were published, it left many thinking that the words and spirit of Sylvia had been ___________.

4. When was Anne Stevenson's book Correspondences: A Family History in Letters published?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Ted Hughes write to Anne Stevenson regarding Bitter Fame?

2. When was The Haunting of Sylvia Plath written? What was its premise?

3. How did Clarissa Roche know Sylvia Plath?

4. What did Anne Stevenson assert as her take on Sylvia in a letter to Malcolm?

5. Who was Trevor Thomas? What did Malcolm learn from him?

6. What did Malcolm write of the unread letter in Part Three: Chapter III?

7. How did the editor of The Journals of Sylvia Plath defend herself to criticism?

8. What letter did Plath write to Richard Sassoon in The Journals of Sylvia Plath? How did this relate to her later poetry?

9. Describe the letters that Malcolm read between Anne Stevenson and Olwyn Hughes. What was the relationship between the women like?

10. What outraged Ted Hughes in The Haunting of Sylvia Plath? What response did the author write?

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