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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. Ronald Hayman wrote in The Independent that whose biography was vindictive?
2. What university had Sylvia Plath attended?
3. Anne Stevenson explained in Part Two: Chapter I that she had been commissioned to write a story about Sylvia Plath in a series for Penguin Books called __________.
4. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?
5. How many pages did the manuscript which Anne Stevenson wrote for Penguin Books contain?
Short Essay Questions
1. What lecture did Malcolm read of Anne Stevenson's defense of her biography in Part Two: Chapter I?
2. Ted Hughes wrote two introductions to The Journals of Sylvia Plath. What did he write in the first introduction, and when was this edition published?
3. What struggle did Ted face after the death of Sylvia Plath?
4. What happened between Linda Wagner-Martin and Ted and Olwyn Hughes?
5. What friend of Sylvia Plath's commented negatively about her life and death in Part One: Chapter II?
6. What power did Olwyn Hughes have over the Plath Library? What was Malcolm's impression of her after working with her on the book?
7. Aurelia Plath's intentions in having her daughter's letters published is implied to be in retaliation for what?
8. What did Ted Hughes write in the second edition introduction of The Journals of Sylvia Plath? When was it published?
9. What qualities of Sylvia Plath's work made her appealing to feminists?
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
Describe and analyze The Bell Jar and its depiction of Sylvia's relationship with her mother. What about the work did Aurelia find "ungrateful"?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the relationship between Janet Malcolm and Anne Stevenson at the University of Michigan. When did Stevenson's writing career take off?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the suicide of Sylvia Plath and its impact on Ted Hughes. What led to Hughes' separation from Plath?
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