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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many specific facts are provided by King about the entire image in the second chapter?
(a) An object, its color, and its number.
(b) Only two: the object and a number on its back.
(c) Five.
(d) Four items and their location/relation to one another.

2. What is the unusual item attached to the animal?
(a) A letter.
(b) A Chinese symbol.
(c) An eye.
(d) A number.

3. What kind of a book is On Writing?
(a) A book on writing a biography.
(b) Part biography and part how-to.
(c) A book on writing.
(d) A novel.

4. What action does King believe a writer should take with respect to grammar?
(a) To ignore grammar and let editors correct any obvious mistakes.
(b) To ask teachers about things which confuse the writer.
(c) To research the writer's specific doubts on the Internet.
(d) To thoroughly read a well-known grammar text.

5. What is King's overall opinion on details in writing?
(a) Supply those the reader would never get on his own.
(b) Supply all major details, but let the reader fill in the minor ones.
(c) Supply key details and a couple of minor ones for color.
(d) Only supply the minimum.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which genre does King feel Misery will belong to when he begins to write the story?

2. At what point does King try to add symbolism to his work?

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

4. How did King describe the cloth's appearance in his image?

5. According to King, which element of a novel is less important than aspiring writers might believe?

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