This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Academic Writing > Citation And Referencing > Citing Mla – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Citing Mla Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What other types of citations are there? A) APA and ALA. B) APA and Chicago. C) New York and MMA. D) APA and MPA. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) APA and Chicago. 2. Where do you place the in text citation in your sentence? A) Right next to the info you cited in the sentence. B) Wherever you want. C) In the middle of the sentence. D) At the end of your sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) At the end of your sentence. 3. In order to cite properly and not get in trouble for plagiarism, what do you need? A) A works cited page. B) Footnotes. C) Works cited page and in-text citations. D) It depends whether you are using direct quotes or paraphrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Works cited page and in-text citations. 4. When citing a website, what is the last piece of the entry? A) The URL. B) The date the website was uploaded. C) The date you accessed the website. D) The author's name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The date you accessed the website. 5. Although some medical ethicists claim that cloning will lead to designer children (R. Miller 12), others note that the advantages for medical research outweigh this consideration (A. Miller 46). In the aforementioned in-text citation, what formatting style is used? A) Modern Language Association. B) American Physiological Association. C) American Psychological Association. D) Modern Literary Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Modern Language Association. 6. What is the spacing of your text? A) Single. B) 1.25". C) 1.50". D) Double. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Double. 7. In order to avoid plagiarism, you should always ..... A) Give credit to the person who created the material you are using. B) Change a few words so it isn't technically copied word-for-word (verbatim). C) Hope nobody checks to find out it isn't your own original work. D) All of the aforementioned. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Give credit to the person who created the material you are using. 8. "Burke, Kenneth. Language as Symbolic Action:Essays on Life, Literature, and Method. University of California Press, 1966, pp. 367-375." Using the aforementioned work citation, how do we write the in-text citation in MLA Style? A) (Burke, 367-375). B) (Burke 367). C) (Burke, K., 1996). D) (Burke, 1996). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) (Burke 367). 9. In MLA format, which of the following is the correct way to cite a source with two authors in-text? A) (Smith and Johnson 45). B) (Smith & Johnson 45). C) (Smith, Johnson 45). D) (Smith et al. 45). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Smith and Johnson 45). 10. When you ..... , you are using someone's exact words, and you must use quotation marks. A) Quote. B) Plagiarize. C) Paraphrase. D) Borrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quote. 11. When using an in text citation, where do you put the number of the page where you got your quote from? A) "In text quote" page number. B) "In text quote" (page number). C) "In text quote" [page number]. D) "In text quote" . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "In text quote" (page number). 12. What information do you include if there is no known author of a source? A) You do not need to cite this source. B) Publisher name. C) Publication date. D) Title of the source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Title of the source. 13. When using an in text citation, do you always have to put the author's name? A) Yes, always put the author's name. B) Sometimes the author's name is needed, but not always. C) No, never put the author's name. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sometimes the author's name is needed, but not always. 14. When using an in text quote, where do you put the period? A) "In text quote." (author's name, page number). B) "In text quote" . (author's name, page number). C) "In text quote" (author's name, page number). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "In text quote" (author's name, page number). 15. What is the correct way to format author names when there are 3 or more? A) Eric Smith, et al. B) Smith, Eric, et. al. C) Eric Smith, et. al. D) Smith, Eric, et al. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Smith, Eric, et al. 16. True or False:You list titles with the author's name A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Margins should be set at ..... for left, right, top, and bottom. A) 1.25". B) 2". C) 1". D) 1.5". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1". 18. True or false? Only direct quotes need to be cited. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 19. What punctuation do you use to insert the in text citation? A) Parenthesis (). B) Quotation marks '' ''. C) Underlining . D) None. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Parenthesis (). 20. What is the appropriate format for the entries on the works cited page? A) List in order they are used in your paper. B) ABC order. C) Order of importance. D) Order them by their copyright date. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) ABC order. 21. Which is NOT an example of a container? A) A publisher. B) An academic journal. C) A website. D) An encyclopedia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A publisher. 22. What if you have more than three authors for a work? A) List them all out. B) List only one. C) List the first one followed by et al. D) Put the words "Too Many Authors to List". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) List the first one followed by et al. 23. Why should students use MLA Format? A) To make a paper harder. B) Students shouldn't use it. C) Because teachers say they should. D) To avoid plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To avoid plagiarism. 24. What do we call facts that can be found in numerous places and are likely to be known by a lot of people? A) Quoting. B) Common knowledge. C) Paraphrasing. D) Plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Common knowledge. 25. What are the three strategies to avoid plagiarism? A) Copy, Pasting, Quote. B) Citing, Exaggerating, Predicting. C) Summary, Paraphrasing and Quote. D) Avoiding, Denying and Paraphrasing. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Summary, Paraphrasing and Quote. 26. Which of the following is a correct way to format a book title in an MLA citation? A) The Great Gatsby. B) The Great Gatsby. C) The Great Gatsby. D) 'The Great Gatsby'. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Gatsby. 27. If your works cited entry goes onto a second line, what must you do? A) Reverse indent. B) Hanging indent. C) No indent. D) Bold it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hanging indent. 28. What is the correct parenthetical citation to use in the paper if the citation is:"Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior High, 6 September 2016. Web. 5 January 2017. A) (Humanities Rocks). B) ("Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior High, 6 September 2016. Web. 2017). C) ("Humanities Rocks"). D) (No author). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) ("Humanities Rocks"). 29. What is the correct format for an in-text citation in MLA style when the author's name is mentioned in the sentence? A) (author's last name, page number). B) (author's last name page number). C) (page number). D) (page number, author's last name). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (page number). 30. The MLA eighth edition handbook recommends including URLs when citing online sources. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 31. Every citation has two parts. What are they? A) Artwork and music. B) Exact words and quotations. C) An author's exact words and the title of the book where they are found. D) An in-text citation or reference and an MLA full citation on the Works Cited page. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An in-text citation or reference and an MLA full citation on the Works Cited page. 32. One should introduce a quote with a transition. A) True. B) Falso. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 33. Which in text citation is correct? A) "Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8). B) "Here's a direct quote." (Smith, 8). C) "Here's a direct quote (Smith 8)". D) "Here's a direct quote" (Smith, 8). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8). 34. Which of the following is the correct way to format a Works Cited page entry for a journal article in MLA? A) Smith, John. Title of Article. Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. B) Smith, John. 'Title of Article.' Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. C) Smith, John. 'Title of Article', Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. D) Smith, John:'Title of Article.' Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smith, John. 'Title of Article.' Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. 35. When citing direct quotes, you need to provide in-text MLA citations. Which of the following is a correct in-text MLA citation? A) "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" . (100). B) "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" . (100). C) What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself (100). D) "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" (100). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" (100). 36. Which of the following does Not need to be cited. A) Exact words of an author. B) Purchased music, lyrics, and videos. C) Pictures, graphs, and photos found on the Internet. D) Your own words and ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your own words and ideas. 37. A article from Ebsco written by Harrison Roberts. The PDF version shows page numbers.Which citation is INCORRECT? A) According to Roberts, English is cool (33). B) Roberts believes that English is cool (33). C) English is cool (Roberts 33). D) English is cool (Roberts, 33). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) English is cool (Roberts 33). 38. Which of the following is a proper citation in a work cited page A) "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." Foreman, R. New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com. B) Foreman, R. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com. C) New York Times. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." Foreman, R. 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreman, R. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com. 39. An article called "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" that does not have page numbers. It was obtained from Ebsco. Which citation is correct? A) English is so cool (Ebsco). B) English is so cool (How to Succeed). C) English is so cool ("Succeed"). D) English is so cool, ("Succeed"). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) English is so cool ("Succeed"). 40. Which among the following works cited is using the MLA Formatting Style? A) Danticat, Edwidge. Brother, I'm Dying. Knopf, 2007. B) Alred, G. J. (2009). The business writer's handbook. New York, NY:St Martin's Press. C) Best, A. (2004). International history of the twentieth century. Sibs Publishing House. D) Flesch, R. (n.d.). How to write plain English. Macmillan Publishers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danticat, Edwidge. Brother, I'm Dying. Knopf, 2007. 41. When directly quoting a full sentence, the first word must be capitalized. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 42. What happens if your source does not have an author listed? A) Use your teacher's name. B) Make one up. C) Leave it off, putting the page number only. D) Use the source title instead. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use the source title instead. 43. When listing authors' names, how are they normally listed? A) Last Name, First Name. B) First Initial, Middle Initial, Last Name. C) Last Name, First Initial. D) First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last Name, First Name. 44. When listing a book, the word "print" goes at the end of the entry. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 45. What is the third skill step when citing evidence in MLA Citation? A) Period after closing parentheses. B) Start with parentheses (). C) Identify author's last name or title of article if no author. D) Write page number. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Identify author's last name or title of article if no author. 46. College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. "The possibilities are endless" (234). Is this in text citation correct? A) No, it needs the author's name. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, it needs the author's name. 47. What is the first skill step when citing evidence in MLA Citation? A) Put quote marks '' '' around evidence. B) Period after closing parentheses. C) Identify author's last name or title of article if no author. D) After the evidence, start with parentheses (). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Put quote marks '' '' around evidence. 48. Which of the following is the correct was to format your Date in MLA? A) 13, April 2022. B) 13 April 2022. C) April 13, 2022. D) 4/13/22. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 13 April 2022. 49. Quotation marks must go around the exact words that were borrowed from someone else. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 50. Hanging indent is when everything is indented except for A) The last line. B) The first line. C) The last name. D) The second line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The first line. 51. True or False:Include suffixes such as Jr. with author's names A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. The copyright date is the same as: A) The editor. B) The date it was written. C) The publication date. D) The date you found it. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The publication date. 53. If you have no idea how to cite something such as a Youtube video, a Tweet, or something else, what should you do? A) Go to the OWl at Purdue MLA website. B) Bribe Mrs. Detwiler with chocolate to complete the works cited entry for you. C) Not list it. D) Cry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Go to the OWl at Purdue MLA website. 54. In MLA Formatting Style, what is the name of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper? A) Bibliography. B) Works Cited. C) Sources. D) Reference Page. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Works Cited. 55. Which of the following would be the correct way for me (your teacher) to include the needed information for the inserted header in an essay that I'm writing in MLA? A) Loftus, 1. B) Emily 1. C) Emily, 1. D) Loftus 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Loftus 1. 56. If I paraphrase or summarize information from a work, I do not have to use a parenthetical citation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 57. True or false? Information that is not considered common knowledge needs to be cited. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 58. In-text citations need to match what? A) Works Cited. B) Doesn't need to match up to anything. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Works Cited. 59. In MLA format, what is the correct way to cite a website on the Works Cited page? A) Author's Last Name, First Name. Title of Website, Date of Publication, URL. B) Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Web Page." Title of Website, URL. C) Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Web Page." URL. D) Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Web Page." Title of Website, Publisher, Date of Publication, URL. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Author's Last Name, First Name. "Title of Web Page." Title of Website, Publisher, Date of Publication, URL. 60. One purpose of a Works Cited page is to A) Show readers from where your information came. B) To prove information in the paper is true. C) To stress out students. D) To add length to a paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Show readers from where your information came. 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