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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 was the name of Clarissa Roche's husband of whom Sylvia had less than kind things to say about?

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

4. How many years of hell did Ted Hughes go through after Sylvia's death, according to Anne Stevenson in Part Two: Chapter IV?

5. Anne Stevenson's early days in England were much like Sylvia's because neither woman was prepared for __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How did Sylvia Plath demonstrate her "not nice" side in her journals?

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

4. What did Elizabeth Sigmund relate about Sylvia? How did she know her?

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

6. What kind of life did Anne Stevenson live? How was she similar to Sylvia Plath?

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

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

9. What did Anne Stevenson assert as her take on Sylvia in a letter to Malcolm?

10. Describe the letters that Malcolm read between Anne Stevenson and Olwyn Hughes. What was the relationship between the women like?

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 biography The Haunting of Sylvia Plath. When was it published and by whom?

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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