This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Italics – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Italics Quiz 20 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which sentence correctly uses italics for emphasis in a dialogue? A) "You really need to try the pie; it's marvelous!". B) "You really need to try the pie; it's marvelous!". C) "You really need to try the pie; it's marvelous!". D) "You really need to try the pie; it's marvelous!". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "You really need to try the pie; it's marvelous!". 2. Complete the sentence with the correctly capitalized and formatted movie title:Last night, we watched the classic film ..... A) "The Wizard of Oz". B) The Wizard of Oz. C) The Wizard Of Oz. D) The wizard of oz. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Wizard of Oz. 3. The Doctor of Literature (book chapter) A) The Doctor of Literature. B) The Doctor of Literature. C) "The Doctor of Literature". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The Doctor of Literature". 4. In the sentence 'Our school's book fair starts this Tuesday, ' why is 'Tuesday' capitalized? A) It is a proper noun, specifically a day of the week. B) It is a proper adjective describing the book fair. C) It is an important word that needs emphasis. D) It is the last word in the phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It is a proper noun, specifically a day of the week. 5. Which sentence correctly capitalizes the name of a person? A) My friend, Jason, is coming over to study. B) My Friend, Jason, is coming over to study. C) My friend, jason, is coming over to study. D) My friend, Jason, is coming over to study. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My friend, Jason, is coming over to study. 6. Which of the following is the correct way to punctuate the title of a TV show? A) "Friends". B) Friends. C) 'Friends'. D) Friends . Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friends . 7. Consider the sentence:'I didn't say he stole the money.' Italicizing which word would most strongly imply that someone else said it? A) Say. B) I. C) Money. D) Stole. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I. 8. True or False:The title of a short story, like 'The Lottery, ' should be put in italics. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. True or False:In the sentence 'I hope to be president one day, ' the word 'president' is not capitalized because it refers to the position in a general sense, not to a specific person holding the title. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. True or False:The title of a TV series, like Stranger Things, should be in italics, while the title of a single episode should be in quotation marks. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Which line of dialogue demonstrates correct capitalization? A) Maria asked, "Can we go to the library, mom?". B) Maria asked, "can we go to the library, mom?". C) Maria asked, "Can we go to the library, Mom?". D) Maria asked, "Can we go to the library, Mom?". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maria asked, "Can we go to the library, Mom?". 12. True or False:In a formal essay about marine biology, if you use the scientific name of a species, like *Balaenoptera musculus* (blue whale), it should be italicized. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 13. True or False:The following sentence is capitalized correctly:'My favorite subject is science, but I also enjoy History.' A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Analyze the following sentence and select the option that correctly states the number of errors present:My teacher, mrs. davis, recommended the book 'The Outsiders'. A) 1 capitalization error, 0 italics errors. B) 2 capitalization errors, 1 italics error. C) 1 capitalization error, 1 italics error. D) 2 capitalization errors, 0 italics errors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2 capitalization errors, 1 italics error. 15. Which of the following goes OUTSIDE of quotation marks? A) Commas and periods. B) Colons and semicolons. C) Exclamation marks and questions marks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Colons and semicolons. 16. Choose the fully corrected version of the following sentence:'my aunt jenna is reading the book charlotte's web.' A) My Aunt Jenna is reading the book 'Charlotte's Web'. B) My Aunt Jenna is reading the book Charlotte's Web. C) My aunt Jenna is reading the book Charlotte's Web. D) My aunt jenna is reading the book charlotte's web. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My Aunt Jenna is reading the book Charlotte's Web. 17. Which is your favorite episode: "The Child" or "The Redemption" ? A) CORRECT. B) WRONG!. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) CORRECT. 18. Mamma Sewing (essay) A) "Mamma Sewing". B) Mamma Sewing. C) Mamma Sewing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Mamma Sewing". 19. Identify the words that should be italicized in the sentence.The epic poem The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri gives the author's view of life after death. A) Life after death. B) Dante Alighieri. C) Epic poem. D) The Divine Comedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Divine Comedy. 20. To emphasize that you are talking about a specific person and not someone else, how should you complete this sentence? I didn't ask Tim; I asked ..... to help me. A) You. B) 'you'. C) You. D) YOU. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) You. 21. Complete the sentence:The performance was so amazing, I almost ..... out of my seat. A) Stood. B) Fell. C) Jumped. D) Slid. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jumped. 22. Using the components [Person:dr. evans], [Action:reads], and [Title:the new york times], choose the sentence that is combined and formatted correctly. A) Dr. Evans reads "The New York Times" every morning. B) Dr. evans reads The New York Times every morning. C) Dr. Evans reads The New York Times every morning. D) Dr. Evans reads The New York Times every morning. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dr. Evans reads The New York Times every morning. 23. To emphasize that the speaker, not someone else, completed the task, the correct sentence is ..... A) I finished the project yesterday. B) I finished the project yesterday. C) I finished the project yesterday. D) I finished the project yesterday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I finished the project yesterday. 24. Choose the correct punctuation A) "Do you know Billy Collins's poem On Turning Ten", she asked. B) She asked if "you know Billy Collin's poem 'On Turning Ten" '. C) "Do you know Billy Collins's poem 'On Turning Ten'?" she asked. D) Do you know Billy Collins's poem "On Turning Ten, " she asked. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Do you know Billy Collins's poem 'On Turning Ten'?" she asked. 25. Read the original sentence:'I told *her* not to touch the vase.' How does changing the italicized word to 'vase' affect the meaning? The new sentence, 'I told her not to touch the *vase*, ' emphasizes ..... A) Who was told the instruction. B) The specific object that should not be touched. C) The action of telling. D) The negative part of the command. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The specific object that should not be touched. 26. The title of a famous painting is *The Starry Night*. How should this be written in a sentence? We saw ..... at the museum. A) The Starry Night. B) "The Starry Night". C) *The Starry Night*. D) *the Starry Night*. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) *The Starry Night*. 27. To show strong feeling, complete the sentence with the correctly emphasized word: "I am ..... not going to clean your room for you!" A) Definitely. B) DEFINITELY. C) "definitely". D) Definitely. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Definitely. 28. How would you emphasize the word 'never' in the sentence:'I will never forget what happened.'? A) I will never forget what happened. B) I will never forget what happened. C) I will never forget what happened. D) I will never forget what happened. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I will never forget what happened. 29. Read the sentence:'We are flying on american airlines to see the movie Star Wars.' What kind of error does this sentence contain? A) The error is in capitalization. B) The error is in italics. C) There are errors in both capitalization and italics. D) There are no errors in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The error is in capitalization. 30. Read the following sentence and identify the single capitalization error:My family is planning a trip to the grand canyon next summer. A) My. B) Family. C) Grand canyon. D) Summer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Grand canyon. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesItalics Quiz 1Italics Quiz 2Italics Quiz 3Italics Quiz 4Italics Quiz 5Italics Quiz 6Italics Quiz 7Italics Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books