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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does King consider to be the best tool in making a writer?
(a) Practice writing.
(b) Going to writers' retreats.
(c) Taking writing courses in different genres.
(d) Reading.

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 writing will probably not make a lot of money for the reader.
(b) That the writing is drudgery.
(c) That writing is a serious job with inexplicable aspects.
(d) That fame and fortune are fleeting.

3. What is a major theme in the second chapter of King's book?
(a) The writer's life.
(b) Reasons or motivations for writing.
(c) The importance of studying grammar and vocabulary.
(d) The necessity of studying other authors.

4. How does King feel about writers improving their work?
(a) He is sure only good writers can successfully improve their writing.
(b) He believes bad writers can become good writers.
(c) He feels a good writer can become an excellent writer, but a bad writer will always be bad.
(d) He believes writers improve their work through experience.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does King remember about his childhood with his brother Dave?

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

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

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

5. Why is it important to King that a writer not be distracted while working?

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