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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Sylvia Plath commit suicide?
(a) She hung herself.
(b) She overdosed.
(c) She shot herself.
(d) She gassed herself.

2. Who wrote the biography Bitter Fame?
(a) Frances McCullough.
(b) Janet Malcolm.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Anne Stevenson.

3. A. Alvarez claimed that Sylvia Plath did not intend __________.
(a) To be famous.
(b) To kill herself.
(c) To get divorced.
(d) To write a best seller.

4. What university had Sylvia Plath attended?
(a) Smith College.
(b) Columbia University.
(c) Princeton University.
(d) Dartmouth College.

5. How old was Ted Hughes when Sylvia Plath died?
(a) 32.
(b) 29.
(c) 39.
(d) 41.

Short Answer Questions

1. For what magazine is Janet Malcolm on staff?

2. Janet Malcolm wrote to Olwyn Hughes in an effort to get an interview with whom in Part One: Chapter IV?

3. To what friend of the Hughes was William Stanley Merwin married?

4. A. Alvarez was initially much more impressed with Ted--thinking of Sylvia as __________.

5. When was Sylvia Plath born?

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