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Coverage : The Sylvia Plath Quiz tests your knowledge of Sylvia Plath, considered one of the great writers of the 20th Century. The Sylvia Plath Quiz questions are carefully crafted so you can gauge how much you really know about this troubled, yet gifted, writer.

1. Sylvia Plath primarily wrote what type of literature?
a.Short stories
b.Poetry
c.Novels
d.Plays
 
2. Sylvia Plath committed suicide. How old was she when she died?
a.28
b.35
c.42
d.30
 
3. Sylvia Plath wrote one book, called "The Bell Jar", which was a semi-autobiographical tale of her struggle with what?
a.Clinical depression
b.Drug abuse
c.Child abuse
d.The loss of both her parents at an early age
 
4. Sylvia Plath graduated summa cum laude from what prestigious college?
a.Boston College
b.Brown University
c.Smith College
d.Yale University
 
5. In what year did Sylvia Plath win the Pulitzer Prize for poetry?
a.1950
b.1962
c.1980
d.1982
 
6. In the Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath paints a picture of a young woman's descent into insanity. Which of the following symptoms of severe depression did Esther NOT suffer from?
a.Insomnia
b.Inability to write
c.Inability to sleep
d.Inability to talk
 
7. Though Sylvia Plath eventually succeeded in committing suicide by gassing herself in her kitchen, she was known to have made several suicide attempts. When was her first?
a.Second grade
b.Junior year in college
c.Freshman year in high school
d.Senior year in high school
 
8. When she attended Cambridge University on a Fulbright Scholarship, Sylvia Plath met her future husband, also a poet. What was his name?
a.Ted Hughes
b.Bob Cobbing
c.Edwin Morgan
d.Peter Finch
 
9. How many children did Sylvia Plath have?
a.1
b.2
c.3
d.None
 
10. One of Sylvia Plath's most famous poems is called "Lady Lazarus". What is it generally about?
a.WWII
b.Doctors
c.Death
d.Children
 
11. "Daddy" is a poem about Sylvia Plath's father, whose death many thought Plath never fully recovered from. How old was Plath when her father died?
a.2
b.8
c.12
d.16
 
12. "The Bell Jar" was written and published under a pseudonym. What name was this?
a.Anne Sexton
b.Aurelia Plath
c.Esther Greenwood
d.Victoria Lucas
 
13. "Ariel" is a poem by Sylvia Plath about an animal. What animal was this poem about?
a.Cat
b.Horse
c.Dog
d.Goat
 
14. Sylvia Plath likely didn't intend to die the day she did.
a.True
b.False
 
15. In what area of Massachusetts did Sylvia Plath live while young?
a.Boston
b.Jamaica Plain
c.Wellesley
d.Cambridge
 

 
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