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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 happens to Carrie when King sends it off to the publisher?
(a) King receives a telegram saying the book needed revisions.
(b) King receives a check for $250.
(c) It sells, and he receives an advance of $2500.
(d) The publisher sells it for $2500.

2. What is one reason for reading the book, On Writing?
(a) It provides inspiration.
(b) It provides King's views on other writer's formulas for success.
(c) It provides a discussion of King's famous works.
(d) It provides a formats for writers.

3. What kind of stories does King particularly enjoy?
(a) Humorous stories by Mark Twain.
(b) Horror stories by Edgar Allen Poe.
(c) Stories by O. Henry.
(d) Mystery stories by Arthur Conan Doyle.

4. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?
(a) Stories from King's childhood related to how he became a writer.
(b) Stories about King's early life.
(c) Stories about King's views on writing.
(d) Stories related to how King became a horror novelist.

5. In the chapter, C.V., King makes a discovery about writing. What is this discovery?
(a) He discovers that writing is an obsession.
(b) He discovers that his writing is not very good.
(c) He discovers that writing controls his life.
(d) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does King get the idea for Carrie?

2. Why does it prove valuable to King to work for a local newspaper?

3. What does King define writing as?

4. In the chapter, C.V., King touches on the theme of the book. What is this theme?

5. What is the name of the second chapter of this book?

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