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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. Elizabeth Sigmund recounted an incident, soon after Sylvia's death, in which Ted did all except __________.

2. What American poet was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950?

3. Clarissa Roche first knew Sylvia Plath from when she was teaching in what years?

4. In a letter from Ted Hughes, Alvarez was excoriated for publicly airing the details of what event in his memoirs?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Clarissa Roche know Sylvia Plath?

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

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

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

5. Where did Malcolm detour on her way to visit Clarissa Roche? Why?

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

7. What public dispute did Alvarez and Ted Hughes have via letters?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe and discuss The Savage God. When and where was this work first published? What was Ted Hughes' reaction to the piece and why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the relationship between Anne Stevenson and Ted and Olwyn Hughes. How did Anne come to work with Olwyn on the biography?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss A. Alvarez and his critical response to the book Bitter Fame. What did Alvarez's review state about the work?

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