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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does King get a job to help pay for college?
2. What kind of a book is On Writing?
3. Whom does King meet while in college?
4. What is the third specific item King states his book on writing will NOT be?
5. What does one of King's babysitters do to him?
Short Essay Questions
1. Based on the chapters, C.V., and What Writing Is, what ideas justify King's statement that writing is a serious job?
2. What are some of the things King remembers from his childhood? How might they have affected his writing?
3. King was a heavy drinker and addicted to cocaine. He believed that these two elements contributed to his creativity. In terms of the chapter, C.V., do you think his belief was justified? Why or why not?
4. What are some of the aspects of writing that King is not going to emphasize in the chapter, What Writing Is?
5. What conclusions can you draw from King's comparison of writing as a career versus writing as a passion? Explain in your own words.
6. How did King begin his career as a writer?
7. After Tabitha King's intervention in her husband's addictions, King insisted on moving his desk. How was this symbolically important to him?
8. In a short paper, summarize the main points of King's life as an author.
9. In what ways is the rabbit on the table of symbol of King's belief in magic and telepathy? Explain in your own words.
10. Can you explain how King created the character of Carrie and why he disliked her so?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Do you think a writer can learn to 'see' and write about what he sees from images such as the one King presented of a rabbit in a cage on a table? How can writing exercises like this one lead to better writing? Explain your answer.
Essay Topic 2
King discusses several reasons for allowing others to read a book after the first draft and before the second draft. What are these reasons and why would they be valuable to the author? Answer based on King's opinion citing examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
King states that good writers can improve, but bad writers will never be good writers.How can good writers improve? Why won't bad writers improve? Cite reasons from the text to support your argument.
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