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Sylvia Plath Trivia Answers

Thanks to Anonymous for being the only one to respond to the trivia questions. This was my second attempt at this (See the trivia 16 June 2008 and the answers on 29 June 2008) and both were relatively poorly received. Ho hum; seems like the “Did you know...” is a better way to go.

The answers are:

1. In the fall of 1954, during the first semester of her senior year at Smith College, which charitable activity did Sylvia Plath do?

D. Read aloud to a dear old blind man.

2. To whom did she write of this activity?

B. Gordon Lameyer

In a letter simply dated "Saturday" Plath asked id he mentioned this activity to him. She reported that she read aloud to the dear old blind man on Monday's.

3. How much money did Sylvia Plath lose playing roulette in Monte Carlo during her winter break from Cambridge in December 1955/January 1956?

C. $3

In a letter from January 21, 1956 to Gordon Lameyer, Plath recounts her continental excursions, admitting to the loss of funds.

4. Who did Sylvia Plath credit in a letter for the title of her poem “Circus in Three Rings”?

D. Gordon Lameyer

In a letter dated simply "Thursday morning" (likely late November or early December 1954), Plath mentioned that her story "In the Mountains" and poem "Circus in Three Rings" had come out in the Smith Review, and does indeed mention "your great title" regarding the poem.
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  1. A Piece of Plathery01 May, 2011 07:13

    Sorry for not replying Peter, I think I would have done badly though. I do like your quizzes!

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  2. Julia Gordon-Bramer01 May, 2011 12:58

    Ah, just a busy time for us all here, with the end of the semester, spring weather, and writing! You need to time these contests for the cold winter weather. :-)

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  3. panther04 May, 2011 12:06

    Poor Gordon Lameyer. Not only did he trail round Europe with Plath, failing repeatedly to get the hint (that their relationship was going nowhere), he many years later wrote a memoir (didn't he ?) that no publisher would take.

    Having said that, i recall one or two similarly clingy men in my own misspent youth. . .and they WERE very annoying !

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  4. Nancy04 May, 2011 17:42

    I, too, apologize for not responding. Down with Migraines and allergies..Yuk!! Oh, excuses, excuses...Windy, Springtime in my town and everything's abloom!

    I would not have been able to answer your questions, (they were a little hard for me) but, they were fun and interesting to read...Please don't stop...

    I have been immersed in "Eye Rhymes..." and a much needed return to "The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath" on my well days.

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