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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does King feel he will accomplish with his technique regarding description?
(a) He is leaving some things to the reader's imagination.
(b) He doesn not want the reader to become an active participant in the creative process.
(c) He urges the writer to work more on his dialogues.
(d) He believes that a reader is unimpressed by description.

3. According to King, who determines what the image in the second chapter looks like?
(a) The reader.
(b) The writer.
(c) The translator.
(d) No one.

4. What activity might cause King to work on days he normally doesn't work?
(a) Having a deadline to meet.
(b) Being in the middle of a new novel.
(c) Being sick on days previous to the holiday.
(d) Having a writer's block and not producing his usual amount of words previously.

5. King states that writing is a job that includes aspects that are ____.
(a) Unexplainable.
(b) Drudgery.
(c) Ponderous.
(d) Void of meaning.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to King, what characteristics should all characters possess?

5. According to King, what characteristic should a writer's space have?

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