This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Parenthetical Constructions – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 5 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best punctuation for this sentence:Dr. Jonas Salk 1914-1995 discovered a cure for polio. A) Salk 1914-1995, discovered. B) Salk-1914-1995-discovered. C) Salk (1914-1995) discovered. D) Salk, (1914-1995), discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salk (1914-1995) discovered. 2. Is the following sentence punctuated correctly? My friend, who is a talented musician, plays the piano beautifully. A) A) Yes. B) B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Yes. 3. What is the purpose of parenthetical commas in a sentence? A) To set off non-essential information. B) To indicate a pause. C) To separate items in a list. D) To join two independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To set off non-essential information. 4. Which quote and citation is properly formatted? The information for the cited quote is the followingHe was stone dead.Edgar Allan Poepage 85 A) "He was stone dead." (Poe, 85). B) "He was stone dead. (85 Poe)". C) "He was stone dead" (Poe, 85). D) "He was stone dead" (Poe 85). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) "He was stone dead" (Poe 85). 5. Identify the correct use of commas in the sentence.The hostility of the group she believes will soon be overcome. A) The hostility, of the group she believes, will soon be overcome. B) The hostility of the group, she believes, will soon be overcome. C) The hostility of the group she believes, will soon be overcome. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hostility of the group, she believes, will soon be overcome. 6. What two pieces of information should be included in the parenthetical citation? A) Author's first and last name. B) First letter of author's last name and page number. C) Author's last name and page number. D) Page numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author's last name and page number. 7. Which sentence would be correct to put into this parenthetical phrase?My cousin, ..... , decided to stay on the bench. A) With me. B) Was eating. C) While swimming. D) Who doesn't like pools. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Who doesn't like pools. 8. Identify the parenthetical phrase in this sentence:My brother, who is a doctor, lives in New York. A) Lives in New York. B) Who is a doctor. C) New York. D) My brother. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who is a doctor. 9. Which answer choice correctly uses parentheses to set off the parenthetical elements in this sentence?Miles McSmith 1910-1999 was a famous rock star that my mother adored. A) Miles McSmith (1910-(1999) was a famous rock star that my mother adored. B) Miles McSmith (1910-1999) was a famous rock star that my mother adored. C) Miles McSmith 1910-1999 was a famous rock star (that my mother adored). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miles McSmith (1910-1999) was a famous rock star that my mother adored. 10. Choose the best punctuation for this sentence:At medical school, Salk began researching influenza the virus that causes the flu. A) Influenza, the virus that causes the flu. B) Influenza (the virus) that causes the flu. C) Influenza-the virus-that causes the flu. D) Influenza the virus, that causes the flu. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Influenza, the virus that causes the flu. 11. Which answer choice correctly uses dashes to set off the nonrestrictive elements in this sentence?Nick's car a green Subaru was stolen last night. A) Nick's car a green Subaru-was stolen last, night. B) Nick's-car a green Subaru-was stolen last night. C) Nick's car-a green Subaru-was stolen last night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nick's car-a green Subaru-was stolen last night. 12. On the few occasions Missy ate vegetables, she liked them roasted or fried rather, then in the raw form her brother preferred. A) Fried rather than. B) NO CHANGE. C) Fried, rather then. D) Fried rather, than. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fried rather than. 13. A parenthetical element is always necessary to a sentence's meaning. A) A) True. B) B) False. C) C) Sometimes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) False. 14. An MLA parenthetical citation should be located: A) At the bottom of the page. B) On the last page of the paper. C) Just after the information being cited. D) Just before the information being cited. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Just after the information being cited. 15. What is the correct parenthetical citation for this journal article?Milken, Michael, et al. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, 2006, p. 63. Project Muse, http://www.projectmuse.com/milkentext/8729387. Accessed 3 Feb. 2018. A) (Milken, et al. 63). B) (Milken "On Global" 63). C) (Milken et al, 63). D) (Milken 63). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Milken, et al. 63). 16. Identify the parenthetical element in the sentence: "The answer, I believe, is correct." A) Is correct. B) The answer is correct. C) I believe. D) The answer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I believe. 17. The judges had decided without a doubt that Leslie was the winning baker for her rosemary sourdough loaf. A) Decided; without a doubt. B) Decided, without a doubt,. C) Decided without a doubt,. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Decided, without a doubt,. 18. Is the use of quotation and in-text citation correct?In The Hitchhiker, Ronald Adams asks the mechanic, "What about hitchhikers?" to which the mechanic replies, "(half-laughing) Hitchhikers-here?" (Fletcher 95). A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 19. Identify the parenthetical in the following sentence:'My brother, who is a doctor, lives in New York.' A) Lives in. B) Who is a doctor. C) My brother. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who is a doctor. 20. Which parenthetical phrase fits in this sentence? The book, ..... , was a bestseller. A) Which I read last summer. B) Is on the table. C) Was expensive. D) And I liked it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which I read last summer. 21. Identify the correct use of commas in the sentence.Do you want both the name and the address of each student Ms. Jones? A) Do you want both the name and the address of each student, Ms. Jones?. B) Do you want both, the name and the address of each, student Ms. Jones?. C) Do you want both the name and the address, of each student, Ms. Jones?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do you want both the name and the address of each student, Ms. Jones?. 22. A student is quoting from the book A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe.Which is the correct parenthetical citation? A) (Achebe 49). B) (Chinua 49). C) (Chinua 49). D) (Achebe 49). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Achebe 49). 23. TRUE or FALSE:Parenthetical elements can be removed from a sentence and the sentence will still make sense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Although Graham died in 1991, her namesake:the Martha Graham Dance Company-continues to serve as an innovative force in the world of contemporary dance. A) Namesake,. B) Namesake. C) Namesake-. D) NO CHANGE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Namesake-. 25. Add commas where they are needed in the following sentence:On top of Sapo Hill in Rome fat from sacrificed animals was used to make soap. A) Correct as written. B) On top of Sapo Hill in Rome, fat from sacrificed animals was used to make soap. C) On top of Sapo Hill, in Rome fat from sacrificed animals was used to make soap. D) On top of Sapo Hill in Rome fat, from sacrificed animals was used to make soap. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) On top of Sapo Hill in Rome, fat from sacrificed animals was used to make soap. 26. Identify the correct use of commas in the sentence.She tried in fact to contact the owner several times. A) She tried in fact to contact the owner, several, times. B) She tried in fact to contact the owner several, times. C) She tried, in fact, to contact the owner several times. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She tried, in fact, to contact the owner several times. 27. Why is it important to understand parenthetical elements in writing? A) They help to make writing more complex and difficult to read. B) They allow the writer to include additional information without disrupting the main flow of the sentence. C) They are used to replace the main ideas in a sentence. D) They are only necessary in academic writing. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They allow the writer to include additional information without disrupting the main flow of the sentence. 28. The four parts of an in-text citation are ..... A) Open parenteses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses. B) Open parentheses, author's first name, page number, and close parentheses. C) Open parentheses, author's last name, a comma, the page number, and a close parentheses. D) Parentheses, quote, comma, author's last name. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open parenteses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses. 29. Use a signal phrase in a citation for a journal article with a single author. A) Do not mention the author's name at all in the citation. B) Introduce the author's name before the citation. C) Use the author's initials instead of their full name in the citation. D) Include the author's name at the end of the citation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Introduce the author's name before the citation. 30. Along with fellow, magician, Roy Horn, Siegfried performed for over a decade at the Mirage resort in Las Vegas. A) Fellow magician,. B) Fellow magician. C) NO CHANGE. D) Fellow, magician. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fellow magician. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesParenthetical Constructions Quiz 1Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 2Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 3Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 4Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 6Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 7Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 8Apostrophe Omission And Possession Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books