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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) An atrocity.
(b) An abomination.
(c) A mystery.
(d) An unjustified murder.

2. When was Sylvia Plath born?
(a) 1929.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1925.

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

4. Whom had the second installment of The Savage God pulled from the Observer?
(a) Anne Stevenson.
(b) Sylvia Plath.
(c) A. Alvarez.
(d) Ted Hughes.

5. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?
(a) Zero.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose memoir depicting Sylvia Plath did Olwyn Hughes criticize relentlessly?

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

3. Who applauded Wagner-Martin for not caving to the demands of the "evil" sister as Anne Stevenson had done?

4. In what year had a literary critic declared that what stood out about Plath's works was that Plath's "not nice" quality was what set her apart from her contemporaries?

5. When was Janet Malcolm born?

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