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

2. According to King, what is the second condition that, if readers cannot accept, should be a reason to stop reading his book?
(a) That the writing is drudgery.
(b) That writing will probably not make a lot of money for the reader.
(c) That fame and fortune are fleeting.
(d) That writing is a serious job with inexplicable aspects.

3. Of the details King has supplied the reader regarding his image in the second chapter, what does King hope the reader will primarily focus on?
(a) The possibilities of significant other numbers.
(b) The number as an object of fate.
(c) On this number and what it might mean.
(d) The other details about the animal.

4. What happens with the electromagnet experiment?
(a) It burns up their house.
(b) It is too big and blows out a neighborhood transformer.
(c) It shocks Stephen and Dave King, and sends them to the hospital.
(d) It darkens his entire apartment building.

5. When a writer sees an image in his/her head and writes it down, what is he accomplishing in regards to the reader?
(a) Enticing the reader to stay alert.
(b) Suggesting how to understand the author's thoughts.
(c) Giving the image to the reader.
(d) Demonstrating his prowess as an author who should be read.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does King's mother die?

2. Does King believe the reader see the image in the same way as the author?

3. The image in the second chapter is King's way of demonstrating to the readers his idea of _____.

4. How does King describe the image discussed in chapter two?

5. According to King, who determines what the image in the second chapter looks like?

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