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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does King miss his first year of school?
(a) Because his mother homeschools him.
(b) Because of his father.
(c) Because he moves too many times.
(d) Because of chronic ear and throat infections.

2. 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 writing controls his life.
(c) He discovers that writing was something he likes to do.
(d) He discovers that his writing is not very good.

3. What number appears in King's image?
(a) The number three.
(b) It is not specified.
(c) The number 24/7.
(d) The number seven.

4. What does King suggest that readers who do not take writing seriously do?
(a) Ignore his advice completely.
(b) Stop reading the book.
(c) Read the book, but ignore the advice that conflicts with the reader's beliefs.
(d) Study the book more carefully.

5. After Tabitha King's intervention in King's addictions, he makes some changes in his life. What change does he make in his writing life?
(a) He moves his massive desk to a corner of his office.
(b) He exchanges his massive desk for a smaller one.
(c) He rearranges his office to accommodate a larger desk and chair.
(d) He centers his desk in his office.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The change that King made in his writing life after his wife's intervention is seen by King as a symbol. What does this symbol represent?

3. What is the first chapter, C.V., about?

4. What is the third specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be?

5. What is King's overall opinion on writing as a profession?

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