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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through On Writing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?
(a) Only two: the object and a number on its back.
(b) Five.
(c) An object, its color, and its number.
(d) Four items and their location/relation to one another.

2. What activity might cause King to work on days he normally doesn't work?
(a) Having a deadline to meet.
(b) Being in the middle of a new novel.
(c) Being sick on days previous to the holiday.
(d) Having a writer's block and not producing his usual amount of words previously.

3. How could the object King's uncle inherits be described?
(a) Large and open.
(b) Small and light.
(c) Big but light.
(d) Large and hard to carry around.

4. What does King define writing as?
(a) The creation of images in a reader's head.
(b) A juxtaposition of words and images.
(c) Telepathy.
(d) Visualization of scenes.

5. According to King, what is the most important tool for a writer?
(a) Good typing skills.
(b) Lots of notes.
(c) Vocabulary.
(d) An excellent computer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first thing King requests in the second chapter that his readers accept about writing?

2. What advice does King give on paragraphs?

3. According to King, what are two reasons to write?

4. Where does King get the idea for the novel Misery?

5. How does King paint the main character from The Dead Zone?

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