This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Citation And Referencing > Citing Mla – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Citing Mla Quiz 1 (25 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) Wherever you want. B) At the end of your sentence. C) In the middle of the sentence. D) Right next to the info you cited in the sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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 author's name. B) The date the website was uploaded. C) The date you accessed the website. D) The URL. 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) American Psychological Association. B) American Physiological Association. C) Modern Language Association. D) Modern Literary Association. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Modern Language Association. 6. What is the spacing of your text? A) Single. B) 1.25". C) Double. D) 1.50". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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, 1996). B) (Burke, K., 1996). C) (Burke 367). D) (Burke, 367-375). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (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) Borrow. B) Plagiarize. C) Quote. D) Paraphrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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: A) "In text quote" (page number). 12. What information do you include if there is no known author of a source? A) Publication date. B) Title of the source. C) Publisher name. D) You do not need to cite this source. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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) Smith, Eric, et al. B) Eric Smith, et al. C) Smith, Eric, et. al. D) Eric Smith, et. al. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) 1". C) 1.5". D) 2". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 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 website. B) An academic journal. C) A publisher. D) An encyclopedia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 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 avoid plagiarism. B) Because teachers say they should. C) To make a paper harder. D) Students shouldn't use it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 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) Plagiarism. B) Quoting. C) Paraphrasing. D) Common knowledge. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 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. 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