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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 Part Two: Chapter IV, Malcolm hadn't been able to interview Alvarez or Ted because who basically disallowed it?
2. What poem from Ariel is written in nine 7-line stanzas, totaling sixty-three lines, and follows no rhyme scheme?
3. A. Alvarez claimed to have thought that Bitter Fame was an example of ___________.
4. Sylvia resigned from teaching when she and Ted decided to make a living on __________.
5. Where did Malcolm ask her taxi driver to detour on the way to interview Clarissa Roche?
Short Essay Questions
1. What biographies offended the Hughes family the most? Why?
2. What did Malcolm write of the unread letter in Part Three: Chapter III?
3. Who was Trevor Thomas? What did Malcolm learn from him?
4. When was The Haunting of Sylvia Plath written? What was its premise?
5. How did the editor of The Journals of Sylvia Plath defend herself to criticism?
6. What public dispute did Alvarez and Ted Hughes have via letters?
7. Why was the book The Journals of Sylvia Plath widely criticized?
8. When and why did Ted Hughes and A. Alvarez put their differences behind them?
9. How did Sylvia Plath demonstrate her "not nice" side in her journals?
10. Where did Malcolm detour on her way to visit Clarissa Roche? Why?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe Sylvia Plath's relationship with Richard Sassoon. When did they meet? How long did they have a relationship? What ended it?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Discuss the coming-of-age period during the 1950s of Sylvia Plath. How did the public and critics respond to Plath's poetry? What impact did she have on women during the period in which the feminist movement began?
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