This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Grammar > Grammar > Punctuation > Punctuating Titles – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Punctuating Titles Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The girls were coloring when Mike wanted to join along. One girl moved the crayons closer to them. The other girl proceeded to take the other crayon boxes. Mike had no crayons to use. One girl remarked, "These crayons are ours. Find your own."Which best represents the theme or moral? A) Being greedy is never nice. B) You should keep your own things to yourself. C) It's ok to be mean to others when you're coloring. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Being greedy is never nice. 2. Identify the sentence which correctly punctuates a shorter OR longer work. A) My favorite album by Taylor Swift is Reputation. B) My favorite album by Taylor Swift is "Reputation" . C) My favorite album by Taylor Swift is Reputation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My favorite album by Taylor Swift is Reputation. 3. Which correctly shows the title of a TV show? A) "Are You Afraid of the Dark?". B) Are You Afraid of the Dark?. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Are You Afraid of the Dark?. 4. Titles always begin with A) A lower-case letter. B) A capital letter. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A capital letter. 5. The Future Perfect tense uses which helping verb? A) Will have. B) Have. C) Had. D) Has. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Will have. 6. Robert Frost's poem Nothing Gold Can Stay would be punctuated how? A) Nothing Gold Can Stay. B) "Nothing Gold Can Stay". C) No punctuation is needed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Nothing Gold Can Stay". 7. Major or minor work? music albums A) Major work. B) Minor work. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Major work. 8. The Acronym "SPACE" stands for A) Short stories, poems, articles, chapters, essays. B) Ships, planes, artwork, characters, encyclopedias. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Short stories, poems, articles, chapters, essays. 9. A theme can be one word that describes an important part of the story A) Only if the word describes the main character. B) Only if the word is spelled right. C) True. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False. 10. Major or minor work? chapters of books or novels A) Major work. B) Minor work. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor work. 11. Correct or Incorrect:The episode "The One Where We Move the Couch" is my favorite on the show Friends. A) Incorrect. B) Correct. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Correct. 12. Tomorrow, Mrs. Harris will read us the chapter called ..... A) "a mysterious arrival". B) A Mysterious Arrival. C) "A Mysterious Arrival". D) A Mysterious Arrival. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "A Mysterious Arrival". 13. Did you know that Christopher Paul Curtis is the author of ..... ? A) The Watsons Go To Birmingham. B) The watsons go to Birmingham. C) The Watsons go to birmingham. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Watsons Go To Birmingham. 14. NEMAPS is the acronym that we use to italicize the following titles: A) Newspapers, novels, Encyclopedias, Magazines, Artwork, Planes, Plays, Ships. B) Novels, Essays, Maganizes, Articles, Poems, Short Stories. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Newspapers, novels, Encyclopedias, Magazines, Artwork, Planes, Plays, Ships. 15. Movie:Stand and Deliver A) "Stand and Deliver". B) Stand-and-Deliver. C) Stand and Deliver. D) Stand' and Deliver'. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stand and Deliver. 16. Jim Moran and Paul A. Locke, who write for the journal, "The Scientific American, " also express their opinions against testing on animals. A) Correct. B) The Scientific American. C) The Scientific American. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Scientific American. 17. She sobbed for hours trying to think of a way out of having to tell her father she wrecked her new car. After stewing over it for quite some time, she called her father on his cell phone. "Thank you, " he said. A) Expereincing loss/grief is difficult. B) Sometimes crying is good for you. C) It's important to be honest. D) Driving a car is a big responsibility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It's important to be honest. 18. Major or minor work? poems A) Major work. B) Minor work. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor work. 19. Which of the following is NOT a major work? A) A book. B) A TV episode. C) A play. D) A newspaper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A TV episode. 20. When should you use both italics and quotation marks for a title? A) Sometimes. B) Never. C) Always. D) When you aren't sure what to do. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Never. 21. What is the correct way to punctuate the title of a movie? A) "The Shawshank Redemption". B) The Shawshank Redemption. C) The Shawshank Redemption. D) B) The Shawshank Redemption. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) B) The Shawshank Redemption. 22. Did you see the movie Frozen A) "Frozen". B) Frozen. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Frozen. 23. It would benefit you to be nice to each other. What does the root bene mean? A) Good. B) Around. C) Bad. D) Between. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Good. 24. What punctuation is used for short stories? A) Parentheses, e.g., (A Short Tale). B) Apostrophes, e.g., 'The Gift'. C) Quotation marks, e.g., "Bernice Bobs Her Hair". D) Dashes, e.g., A Story . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation marks, e.g., "Bernice Bobs Her Hair". 25. Where should the comma go?The dog's matted filthy coat needs washing. A) Filthy, coat. B) Matted, filthy, coat. C) Matted, filthy. D) No comma needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Matted, filthy. 26. Major or minor work? songs A) Major work. B) Minor work. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Minor work. 27. Colbie Caillat, another musician known for her hit single, "Bubbly, " says, "It's great to know we can look and feel beautiful without causing pain to animals. There are so many great products ..... there's just no reason to buy anything else. " A) Correct. B) Bubbly. C) Bubbly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Correct. 28. When typing the title of a movie such as Toy Story, which formatting should be used? A) ALL CAPS for the title. B) Underlining the title. C) Quotation marks around it. D) Italics for the title. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Italics for the title. 29. My grandmother took me to see the play ..... last Friday. A) "Finding Neverland". B) Finding neverland. C) Finding Neverland. D) "Finding Neverland". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Finding Neverland. 30. My favorite chapter in the book, Charlotte's Web, was called "Summer Days." A) "Charlotte's Web". B) Charlotte's Web. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Charlotte's Web. 31. Pick the sentence with the correct punctuation for an introductory word: A) Quickly Matt swam across the river. B) Quickly Matt, swam across the river. C) Quickly "Matt swam across the river" . D) Quickly, Matt swam across the river. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Quickly, Matt swam across the river. 32. Which choice shows a correctly punctuated and capitalized title of a book? A) Last year, I wrote a poem called My Mom is My Best Friend. B) You really should read the book titled "Maniac Magee.". C) I chose to complete my book report on Charlotte's Web because it is my favorite book. D) "Sports Illustrated" is my favorite magazine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) I chose to complete my book report on Charlotte's Web because it is my favorite book. 33. Paul McCartney, a member of the singing group, "The Beatles, " is very active in fighting animal testing. A) Correct. B) The Beatles. C) The Beatles. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Beatles. 34. Choose the correct way to punctuate the title in the following sentence:Did you read the book named the giver? A) The Giver. B) "The Giver". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Giver. 35. One book that supports the rights of animals is "Don't Test on Us." A) Correct. B) Don't Test on Us. C) Don't Test on Us. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Don't Test on Us. 36. Which book title is both capitalized and punctuated correctly? A) "I know why the caged bird sings". B) I know why the caged bird Sings. C) "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings". D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 37. What is the correct way to punctuate the title of a magazine? A) National Geographic. B) "National Geographic". C) National Geographic. D) "National Geographic". Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National Geographic. 38. Our Town is a play. How would we punctuate it? A) Our Town. B) "Our Town". C) No punctuation is needed. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Our Town. 39. Is the name of the article punctuated properly:"The Economist" A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 40. How would you correctly HANDWRITE the following title in blue? (The capitalization is correct as is.)According to The New York Times article "Road to Democracy, " this election cycle will be more tumultuous than the last. A) "The New York Times". B) The New York Times. C) The New York Times. D) New York Times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The New York Times. 41. Major works of writing DO NOT include A) Newspapers. B) Books. C) Short stories. D) Magazines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short stories. 42. Major or minor work? painting or sculpture A) Major work. B) Minor work. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Major work. 43. Which book chapter is correctly punctuated? A) "The Chickabiddy Starts a Story". B) The Chickabiddy Starts a Story. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "The Chickabiddy Starts a Story". 44. Pick the sentence which correctly uses a tag question. A) You need to remember to go to bed early tonight-ok?. B) You need to remember to go to bed early tonight. Ok?. C) You need to remember to go to bed early tonight, ok?. D) You need to remember to go to bed early tonight ok?. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) You need to remember to go to bed early tonight, ok?. 45. Smaller works of writing DO NOT include A) Short stories. B) Magazines. C) Poems. D) Songs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Magazines. 46. Identify the sentence which correctly uses a direct address: A) Miss Hull am I your favorite student?. B) Miss Hull-am I your favorite student?. C) Miss Hull. I am your favorite student. D) Miss Hull, am I your favorite student?. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Miss Hull, am I your favorite student?. 47. I enjoyed reading that article in the newspaper entitled, Gymnastics Heroes. A) "Gymnastic Heroes". B) Gymnastic Heroes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Gymnastic Heroes". 48. The Road Not Taken is a poem by Robert Frost. How should it be punctuated? A) Italics. B) No capital letters. C) Quotation marks. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation marks. 49. Time Magazine is one of the most popular magazines in America. A) "Time Magazine". B) Time Magazine. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Time Magazine. 50. Fill in the blank with the missing correlative conjunction.I don't know whether I want to study Spanish ..... Russian. A) Or. B) Nor. C) But also. D) And. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Or. 51. Capitalize all major words in product names A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 52. The American Scholar is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. A) The American Scholar. B) The American Scholar. C) "The American Scholar". D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The American Scholar". 53. What is the correct way to punctuate the title of an article? A) The New York Times. B) The New York Times. C) "The New York Times". D) "The New York Times". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "The New York Times". 54. A well written theme statement includes character's names and the author. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FALSE. 55. Before American sports bames, the players stand up and sing ..... A) "the Star Spangled Banner". B) "The Star Spangled Banner". C) The Star Spangled Banner. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The Star Spangled Banner". 56. I went to see the play Jack and the Bean Stalk. A) '' ''. B) . C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) . 57. The magazine that I read while waiting at the doctor's office had an article titled ..... A) The Top Ten Places to Visit in 2021. B) "The Top Ten Places to Visit in 2021". C) The Top Ten Places to Visit in 2021. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "The Top Ten Places to Visit in 2021". 58. Is the following person's name written properly:Jenna George A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 59. Major or minor work? plays or musicals A) Major work. B) Minor work. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Major work. 60. Is the following sentence punctuated properly:"Charles!" shouted Mummy, as she struggled to balance two bags. A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. Next →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesEnglish Grammar QuizzesPunctuating Titles Quiz 2Punctuating Titles Quiz 3Punctuating Titles Quiz 4Apostrophe Omission And Possession QuizApostrophe Pre Assessment QuizApostrophes For Contractions QuizApostrophes Plural Or Possessive QuizApostrophes With Plural Possessives Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books