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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part Two: Chapters VIII and IX.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1952, William Stanley Merwin's first book of poetry was published under what title?
(a) A Coat for Jamal.
(b) A Mask for Janus.
(c) A Hat for Harrold.
(d) Glasses for Peter.

2. When The Journals of Sylvia Plath were published, they were met with derision--first because of Ted's admission that he had done what?
(a) Never read them.
(b) Taken out parts that offended him.
(c) Made up several passages.
(d) Lost a journal.

3. A. Alvarez ended his interview with Malcolm in Part Two: Chapter VII by concluding that Ted could never accept the fact that Sylvia's life and death was ________ and he could do nothing to change that.
(a) Dramatic.
(b) In the public domain.
(c) A rollercoaster.
(d) Not perfect.

4. Immediately after Sylvia's suicide, whom did Elizabeth Sigmund blame?
(a) Clarissa Roche.
(b) Olwyn Hughes.
(c) Sylvia Plath.
(d) Ted Hughes.

5. What reprinting of letters, in which Sylvia wrote to her mother and which displayed her nice daughter side, was published by Plath's mother?
(a) Letters Home.
(b) A Daughter Far Away.
(c) Love, Sylvia.
(d) A Loving Correspondence.

Short Answer Questions

1. A. Alvarez noted that toward the end of her life, Sylvia's once reserved persona was replaced with an aggressive one, most apparent when she was doing what activity?

2. Elizabeth Sigmund recounted an incident, soon after Sylvia's death, in which Ted did all except __________.

3. Sylvia Plath met Ted Hughes during her last year at which school?

4. Anne Stevenson explained in Part Two: Chapter I that she had been commissioned to write a story about Sylvia Plath in a series for Penguin Books called __________.

5. A. Alvarez claimed that Sylvia Plath did not intend __________.

(see the answer key)

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