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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. Sylvia's failed confrontation with whom in Paris comprised the most interesting and least tampered with entries of The Journals of Sylvia Plath?
2. Where was Sylvia Plath's father from?
3. What did Elizabeth Sigmund portray Olwyn Hughes as being envious of in her interview with Malcolm?
4. In Part Two: Chapters VIII, Elizabeth Sigmund mentioned that Ted and Carol no longer speak to whom?
5. In her journals, Sylvia demonstrated her violent nature when she characterized her rude behavior in a confrontation she had with young girls doing what in a public park while she was doing the same thing?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did Elizabeth Sigmund relate about Sylvia? How did she know her?
2. Describe the letters that Malcolm read between Anne Stevenson and Olwyn Hughes. What was the relationship between the women like?
3. How did Sylvia Plath demonstrate her "not nice" side in her journals?
4. How did Anne Stevenson equate her early days in England with Sylvia Plath's?
5. What did Anne Stevenson reveal about Ted Hughes in her interview with Malcolm in Part Two: Chapter IV?
6. What letter did Plath write to Richard Sassoon in The Journals of Sylvia Plath? How did this relate to her later poetry?
7. Who was Trevor Thomas? What did Malcolm learn from him?
8. What was A. Alvarez's main criticism about Anne Stevenson's biography of Sylvia?
9. Why was the book The Journals of Sylvia Plath widely criticized?
10. What public dispute did Alvarez and Ted Hughes have via letters?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the relationship between Anne Stevenson and Ted and Olwyn Hughes. How did Anne come to work with Olwyn on the biography?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss the life and career of the author. What led Janet Malcolm to approach this subject and book?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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