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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part One: Chapters V and VI.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A. Alvarez was initially much more impressed with Ted--thinking of Sylvia as __________.
(a) A trophy wife.
(b) The perfect woman.
(c) A dowdy little housewife.
(d) A literary genious.

2. When was the second version of The Journals of Sylvia Plath released?
(a) 1982.
(b) 1985.
(c) 1983.
(d) 1987.

3. Dealing with Olwyn for three years, Malcolm saw none of the expected ________ in her character?
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Generosity.
(c) Kindness.
(d) Narcissism.

4. When was Janet Malcolm born?
(a) 1937.
(b) 1927.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1929.

5. How was Anne Stevenson viewed by the author and her peers while at the university?
(a) She was detested.
(b) She was admired.
(c) She was untrusted.
(d) She was considered ignorant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of Sylvia Plath's mother?

2. When Anne Stevenson wrote her biography of Sylvia Plath, she found that she and Sylvia had gone through the same teen-aged angst and sexual frustrations of the American youth of what era?

3. How old was Ted Hughes when Sylvia Plath died?

4. What reprinting of letters, in which Sylvia wrote to her mother and which displayed her nice daughter side, was published by Plath's mother?

5. How did Sylvia Plath commit suicide?

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