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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. What American poet was the Poet Laureate of the United States from 1949 to 1950?
(a) Louise Bogan.
(b) Leonie Adams.
(c) Randall Jarrell.
(d) Elizabeth Bishop.

2. In her biography of Sylvia Plath, Stevenson writes of Plath as a sober and confused perfectionist whose suicide as well as the inspiration for her art remain ___________.
(a) A mystery.
(b) An unjustified murder.
(c) An atrocity.
(d) An abomination.

3. The long and confused letter Janet Malcolm received from Olwyn in response in Part One: Chapter IV only reiterated her disdain for ____________.
(a) The postal service.
(b) Ted Hughes.
(c) The Sylvia Plath myth.
(d) The Hughes family.

4. At what meeting had Anne Stevenson appeared to speak in Part Two: Chapter I?
(a) The Girl Scouts.
(b) A town hall meeting.
(c) The 4H Club.
(d) The University Women's Club.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Anne Stevenson born?

2. When was Anne Stevenson's book Correspondences: A Family History in Letters published?

3. What American analytic philosopher best known for his work in ethics and aesthetics was the father of Anne Stevenson?

4. 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?

5. What refers to a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women?

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