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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a letter to Anne Stevenson, Ted defended his stance of publicly disassociating himself from ________.
(a) A. Alvarez.
(b) Literature.
(c) Bitter Fame.
(d) Sylvia Plath.

2. Alvarez responded to Ted Hughes in letters that his work was honest and not one of _____________.
(a) Fiction.
(b) Evil motivation.
(c) Lies.
(d) Sensationalism.

3. In Part Three: Chapter IV, Malcolm had another run-in with Olwyn, who felt she took Sylvia's side when a former boyfriend she interviewed felt Sylvia had __________.
(a) Psychological issues.
(b) Borderline personality.
(c) Excessive emotion.
(d) Suicidal thoughts.

4. When was Jacqueline Rose born?
(a) 1958.
(b) 1954.
(c) 1951.
(d) 1949.

5. The author writes that biographers love letters since they are the fossils of ___________.
(a) Time.
(b) Thought.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Influence.

Short Answer Questions

1. In her book, Jacqueline Rose took to task what work as a cause célèbre that was concocted by the Hughes?

2. How many children did Assia Wevill have with Ted Hughes?

3. In Part Two: Chapter IV, Malcolm hadn't been able to interview Alvarez or Ted because who basically disallowed it?

4. When did Assia Wevill die?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. When was The Haunting of Sylvia Plath written? What was its premise?

2. What did Alvarez tell Malcolm about Ted and Sylvia's relationship in Part Two: Chapter VII?

3. What did Elizabeth Sigmund relate about Sylvia? How did she know her?

4. Describe the letters that Malcolm read between Anne Stevenson and Olwyn Hughes. What was the relationship between the women like?

5. Who was Trevor Thomas? What did Malcolm learn from him?

6. Where did Malcolm detour on her way to visit Clarissa Roche? Why?

7. Why was the book The Journals of Sylvia Plath widely criticized?

8. How did Elizabeth Sigmund describe Olwyn Hughes?

9. When and why did Ted Hughes and A. Alvarez put their differences behind them?

10. How did Anne Stevenson equate her early days in England with Sylvia Plath's?

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