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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does King obtain money from his classmates?
(a) He writes a novel based on one of Poe's stories and sells it at school.
(b) He writes term papers for them.
(c) He writes clever short stories.
(d) He writes jokes and sells them.

2. What is King's overall opinion on writing as a profession?
(a) It is frivolous.
(b) It is humorous.
(c) It is serious and straightforward.
(d) It is didactic.

3. When does King get the idea for Carrie?
(a) After reading about another girl.
(b) When his wife tells him a story she overheard.
(c) After taking a job at a high school.
(d) After watching a similar TV show.

4. What is the name of the second chapter of this book?
(a) On Living.
(b) Writing My Way.
(c) On Writing.
(d) What Writing Is.

5. King has been called a hack over the years. What is a hack?
(a) A literary drudge.
(b) A writer of trivial matter.
(c) An excellent writer.
(d) A writer with no talent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does King describe the image in the second chapter the way he does?

2. What does the King brothers' newspaper contain?

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

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

5. King's comparison of a handyman's toolbox with a writer's tool box is which figure of speech?

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