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

2. Olwyn didn't write her own book because she wasn't a writer and, as Ted told her, no one would have ________.
(a) Been willing to publish it.
(b) Believed her account.
(c) Understood her language.
(d) Bought the book.

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) Not perfect.
(b) In the public domain.
(c) Dramatic.
(d) A rollercoaster.

4. When did Ted Hughes die?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1997.
(c) 1998.
(d) 2001.

5. What did Elizabeth Sigmund portray Olwyn Hughes as being envious of in her interview with Malcolm?
(a) Sylvia's talent and beauty.
(b) Sylvia's love from Ted.
(c) Sylvia's money.
(d) Sylvia's compassion and depth.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ronald Hayman born?

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

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

4. When did Assia Wevill die?

5. Where did Malcolm interview Clarissa Roche in Part Two: Chapter IX?

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