This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Italics – Quiz 4 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Italics Quiz 4 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which would correct this title? It took me a week to read Divergent. A) Correct as is. B) Quotation marks. C) Capitalization. D) Italics. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italics. 2. Read the short paragraph: "last summer, my family went to california. we drove along highway 1 and saw the pacific ocean. my dad, whose name is robert, said it was the best trip ever." How many capitalization errors are in this paragraph? A) Six. B) Five. C) Three. D) Four. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Five. 3. Which sentence uses italics correctly to stress an important word? A) The book was [extremely] interesting. B) The book was extremely interesting. C) The book was extremely interesting. D) The book was extremely interesting. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The book was extremely interesting. 4. Which of the following book titles, which includes a subtitle, is capitalized correctly? A) The Never-Ending Story:A Journey Through Fantasia. B) The never-ending story:A Journey Through Fantasia. C) The Never-ending Story:a Journey Through Fantasia. D) The Never-Ending Story:A journey through Fantasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Never-Ending Story:A Journey Through Fantasia. 5. Complete the sentence:The painting was not just beautiful; it was ..... A) Breathtaking. B) Breathtaking. C) Breathtaking. D) Breathtaking. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Breathtaking. 6. Read the paragraph and determine the total number of capitalization and italics errors:'last spring, my family and I read the book charlotte's web. it is a classic. then we flew on american airlines to visit my uncle in california.' A) 6. B) 5. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 5. 7. Read the sentence: "The famous painting Mona Lisa is in the Louvre Museum in Paris." Why is Mona Lisa italicized in the sentence above? A) Because it is a person's name. B) To show it is a foreign word. C) To emphasize its importance. D) Because it is the title of a work of art. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Because it is the title of a work of art. 8. Read the passage below. Which option lists all the words that should be capitalized?'last tuesday, my friend javier and i went to see a movie. it was about an explorer who travels down the amazon river.' A) Last, Tuesday, Javier, I, It, Amazon, River. B) Tuesday, Javier, I, Amazon. C) Last, Tuesday, Javier, I, Amazon, River. D) Last, Javier, I, It, Amazon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Last, Tuesday, Javier, I, It, Amazon, River. 9. Original sentence:'my family is from italy, so we are going to see the painting mona lisa in paris.' Revised sentence:'My family is from Italy, so we are going to see the painting Mona Lisa in Paris.' True or False:The revised sentence is now completely correct. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. True or False:Italics can be used to emphasize a word in a sentence when writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. Choose the sentence that uses italics for emphasis appropriately. A) The decision was entirely unexpected. B) The decision was entirely unexpected. C) The decision was entirely unexpected. D) The decision was [entirely] unexpected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The decision was entirely unexpected. 12. Heavyweights (movie) A) "Heavyweights". B) Heavyweights. C) Heavyweights. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavyweights. 13. Complete the sentence with the option that shows correct capitalization for all proper nouns:On ..... , we are driving to ..... with ..... A) Memorial Day, Lake Erie, captain Miller. B) Memorial Day, Lake Erie, Captain Miller. C) Memorial Day, Lake erie, captain Miller. D) Memorial day, lake Erie, Captain miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Memorial Day, Lake Erie, Captain Miller. 14. Which sentence demonstrates the best use of italics for contrast in a conversation? A) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. B) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. C) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. D) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. 15. Read the short passage:'last tuesday, my friend amelia and i went to the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c.' Which option lists all the words that need to be capitalized? A) Last, amelia, i, lincoln, washington. B) Last, tuesday, amelia, i, lincoln, memorial, washington, d.c. C) Tuesday, amelia, lincoln memorial, washington, d.c. D) Last, tuesday, amelia, i, lincoln, memorial, washington. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last, tuesday, amelia, i, lincoln, memorial, washington, d.c. 16. Complete the sentence with the correctly capitalized proper noun:'For our social studies project, we are researching the ..... ' A) Amazon river. B) Amazon River. C) Amazon River. D) Amazon river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amazon River. 17. Complete the sentence with the word that should NOT be capitalized:My favorite season is ..... , but my favorite holiday is the Fourth of July. A) Thanksgiving. B) Summer. C) Summer. D) Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Summer. 18. Consider this sentence:'My teacher, mr. Lopez, said the movie Holes is better than the book.' What two errors does it contain? A) 'mr.' should be 'Mr.' and 'Holes' should be in quotation marks. B) 'teacher' should be 'Teacher' and 'book' should be 'Book'. C) 'mr.' should be 'Mr.' and 'Holes' should be italicized. D) 'My' should be lowercase and 'Lopez' should be lowercase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'mr.' should be 'Mr.' and 'Holes' should be italicized. 19. My friend javier, who is from the south, is moving to New York city. Which sentence corrects all the capitalization errors? A) My friend Javier, who is from the south, is moving to New York City. B) My friend Javier, who is from the South, is moving to New York City. C) My friend javier, who is from the South, is moving to New york City. D) My friend Javier, who is from the south, is moving to new york city. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) My friend Javier, who is from the South, is moving to New York City. 20. True or False:The names of specific ships, like the Titanic, should be enclosed in quotation marks. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Choose the option that best uses italics for emphasis:The teacher said the test was going to be ..... hard. A) Really. B) Extremely. C) Super. D) Very. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extremely. 22. True or False:The sentence 'My favorite season is Winter, and I love the Winter Olympics' is capitalized correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. Complete the sentence with the correctly capitalized phrase:My family is planning a trip to the ..... this summer. A) Grand canyon. B) Grand Canyon. C) Grand Canyon. D) Grand canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grand Canyon. 24. True or False:In a title, short conjunctions (like 'and', 'but', 'or') and articles ('a', 'an', 'the') should be capitalized as long as they are not the first or last word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 25. Choose the sentence that best uses italics to show strong emotion:When my favorite team won, I was ..... A) Overjoyed. B) Overjoyed. C) Overjoyed. D) Overjoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overjoyed. 26. Complete the sentence by choosing the phrase that would require italics:'For our report, we read the novel ..... ' A) About a young wizard. B) By J.K. Rowling. C) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. D) From the library. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. 27. Given the rule about capitalizing the first word in a quotation, which sentence with an interrupted quotation is capitalized correctly? A) "that, " the guide announced, "is the oldest tree in the park.". B) "That, " the guide announced, "Is the oldest tree in the park.". C) "That, " the guide announced, "is the oldest tree in the park.". D) "That, " the guide announced, "is the oldest tree in the park" . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "That, " the guide announced, "is the oldest tree in the park.". 28. True or False:The following sentence correctly applies the rule to capitalize the first word of a sentence and the pronoun 'I'. "my friend and i are going to the park." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 29. In the sentence, 'We read the poem 'the raven' and listened to the album Abbey Road, ' which of the following needs to be corrected for capitalization and which needs to be corrected with italics? A) Capitalize 'raven'; Italicize 'album'. B) Capitalize 'poem'; Italicize 'raven'. C) Capitalize 'the'; Italicize 'Abbey Road'. D) Capitalize 'album'; Italicize 'poem'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalize 'the'; Italicize 'Abbey Road'. 30. True or False:Italics can be used to emphasize a single word or a short phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesItalics Quiz 1Italics Quiz 2Italics Quiz 3Italics Quiz 5Italics Quiz 6Italics Quiz 7Italics Quiz 8Italics Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books