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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How can the book, On Writing, be described?
(a) A masterpiece.
(b) Clever, formulistic, but inspiring.
(c) Poignant, educated and inspiring.
(d) A poorly conceived hack job.

2. What is unusual about the character Annie Wilkes?
(a) She is a psychopath with redeeming qualities.
(b) She maintains her good qualities while committing her sins.
(c) She is a good person doing evil deeds.
(d) Her prisoner finds her sympathetic.

3. In conclusion, what is the chapter, Toolbox, about?
(a) King's feelings about the writing world.
(b) King's analogy on the art of writing.
(c) King's effort to present the mechanics of writing to his readers.
(d) King's beliefs about how to become an excellent writer.

4. How does King's mother die?
(a) She dies of cirrhosis.
(b) She dies from an overdose.
(c) She dies of injuries received in a traffic accident.
(d) She dies of uterine cancer.

5. 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?
(a) A change in the priorities of his life.
(b) A change to a deeper kind of symbolism in his writing.
(c) A change in the meaning of his writing.
(d) A change in his writing style.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of material should a writer read in order to learn the most from his reading?

2. What is the first thing King requests in the second chapter that his readers accept about writing?

3. If a reader does not see an image the same way as the writer, how has the image changed?

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

5. What does King suggest that readers who do not take writing seriously do?

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