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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a major theme in the second chapter of King's book?
(a) Reasons or motivations for writing.
(b) The necessity of studying other authors.
(c) The importance of studying grammar and vocabulary.
(d) The writer's life.

2. What is the second specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be about?
(a) Voice.
(b) Diction.
(c) Vocabulary.
(d) Grammar.

3. If a reader does not see an image the same way as the writer, how has the image changed?
(a) As the reader reads about it, the details change.
(b) The image doesn't change. It is the same image.
(c) The image becomes more elaborated.
(d) The creative process changes the image to fit the story.

4. When King's principal hears about King's episode with the newspaper, what does he suggest?
(a) He encourages King to quit writing.
(b) He tells him to stay out of trouble in the future.
(c) He tells him to get a job with a local paper as a sports writer.
(d) He tells him to get a job to keep him busy.

5. What is one of King's last jobs before becoming a full-time writer?
(a) A newspaper reporter.
(b) A night janitor for his wife's office.
(c) A high school English teacher.
(d) A worker in a laundry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the cloth mentioned in King's image located within the image?

2. When a writer sees an image in his/her head and writes it down, what is he accomplishing in regards to the reader?

3. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?

4. Whom does King meet while in college?

5. What type of job does King believe writing to be?

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