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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In her youth, Sylvia was known for her American neatness and what color hair?
2. In the first publication of The Journals of Sylvia Plath, Hughes commented how in the last several years of her life, Sylvia had found ______________.
3. When did Sylvia Plath die?
4. What book by A. Alvarez about suicide gained added resonance from his friendship with Plath?
5. Olwyn didn't write her own book because she wasn't a writer and, as Ted told her, no one would have ________.
Short Essay Questions
1. When were Ted and Sylvia separated? What did Sylvia reveal to Alvarez during that time?
2. Aurelia Plath's intentions in having her daughter's letters published is implied to be in retaliation for what?
3. What was A. Alvarez's first impression of Ted and Sylvia? How did that opinion change?
4. What was Anne Stevenson's response at a meeting of the University Women's Club in London where she was being taken to task for her portrayal of Sylvia in her book?
5. What qualities of Sylvia Plath's work made her appealing to feminists?
6. What happened between Linda Wagner-Martin and Ted and Olwyn Hughes?
7. What is Plath's book The Bell Jar about? What was Sylvia's mother's reaction to the work?
8. What memoir did A. Alvarez write about Sylvia? What was Ted Hughes' response?
9. What portrait of Sylvia Plath did Anne Stevenson paint in her biography of Sylvia? Why did critics refute that image?
10. What was Sylvia Plath's response to her mother's criticism of her dark works?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the role that literary criticism plays in the publication of books. What impact do critics have on book sales and the public opinion of works?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the aftermath of Bitter Fame's publication. Should Anne Stevenson have published the book, considering her apprehension about its validity? Why or why not?
Essay Topic 3
Describe and discuss the relationship between Janet Malcolm and Anne Stevenson at the University of Michigan. When did Stevenson's writing career take off?
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