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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapter II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to a letter from Anne Stevenson in which she provided her take on Sylvia and her work, Sylvia had used poetry as a way to stage her own what?
(a) Demise.
(b) Suicide.
(c) Life.
(d) Psychodrama.

2. Linda Wagner-Martin wrote a biography of Sylvia Plath. Upon what did her relationship with the Hughes family deteriorate in Part One: Chapter IV?
(a) The publishing of the book.
(b) Reviews of the book being published.
(c) Completion of the manuscript.
(d) Choosing a cover for the book.

3. Anne Stevenson sent a completed draft of her story for Penguin Books to whom for his comments?
(a) W. B. Yeats.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) A. Alvarez.
(d) Dr. Horder.

4. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?
(a) Ted Hughes.
(b) Anne Stevenson.
(c) Ronald Hayman.
(d) A. Alvarez.

5. Whose memoir depicting Sylvia Plath did Olwyn Hughes criticize relentlessly?
(a) Anne Stevenson's.
(b) Janet Malcolm's.
(c) Ted Hughes'.
(d) A. Alvarez's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Olwyn didn't write her own book because she wasn't a writer and, as Ted told her, no one would have ________.

2. How many pages did the manuscript which Anne Stevenson wrote for Penguin Books contain?

3. Who was named the literary agent for the writings of Sylvia Plath after her death?

4. Malcolm was surprised that Anne Stevenson confessed to having had a problem with what addiction?

5. What university had Sylvia Plath attended?

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