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

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

3. When did Ted Hughes die?
(a) 1997.
(b) 2000.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2001.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In her book, Jacqueline Rose took to task what work as a cause célèbre that was concocted by the Hughes?

2. What game had Elizabeth Sigmund played with Olwyn Hughes on a few occasions?

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

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

5. What was the name of the man Sylvia was involved with when she met Ted Hughes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was A. Alvarez's main criticism about Anne Stevenson's biography of Sylvia?

2. What did Alvarez tell Malcolm about Ted and Sylvia's relationship in Part Two: Chapter VII?

3. What did Anne Stevenson reveal about Ted Hughes in her interview with Malcolm in Part Two: Chapter IV?

4. Who was Richard Sassoon? How did Sylvia know him?

5. What biographies offended the Hughes family the most? Why?

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

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

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

9. What parallel did Malcolm make of Anne Stevenson's relationship to Olwyn Hughes?

10. What surprised Malcolm about Anne Stevenson in her similarities to Sylvia?

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