This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Citation And Referencing > Citing Mla – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Citing Mla Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which of the following is a correct way to format a book title in an MLA citation? A) The Great Gatsby. B) The Great Gatsby. C) 'The Great Gatsby'. D) The Great Gatsby. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Gatsby. 2. If your works cited entry goes onto a second line, what must you do? A) Reverse indent. B) Hanging indent. C) No indent. D) Bold it. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hanging indent. 3. What is the correct parenthetical citation to use in the paper if the citation is:"Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior High, 6 September 2016. Web. 5 January 2017. A) ("Humanities Rocks"). B) (Humanities Rocks). C) ("Humanities Rocks." Fort Dodge Senior High, 6 September 2016. Web. 2017). D) (No author). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) ("Humanities Rocks"). 4. What is the correct format for an in-text citation in MLA style when the author's name is mentioned in the sentence? A) (page number). B) (author's last name page number). C) (author's last name, page number). D) (page number, author's last name). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (page number). 5. The MLA eighth edition handbook recommends including URLs when citing online sources. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. Every citation has two parts. What are they? A) Artwork and music. B) Exact words and quotations. C) An author's exact words and the title of the book where they are found. D) An in-text citation or reference and an MLA full citation on the Works Cited page. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An in-text citation or reference and an MLA full citation on the Works Cited page. 7. One should introduce a quote with a transition. A) True. B) Falso. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Which in text citation is correct? A) "Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8). B) "Here's a direct quote" (Smith, 8). C) "Here's a direct quote (Smith 8)". D) "Here's a direct quote." (Smith, 8). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) "Here's a direct quote" (Smith 8). 9. Which of the following is the correct way to format a Works Cited page entry for a journal article in MLA? A) Smith, John. 'Title of Article.' Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. B) Smith, John. Title of Article. Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. C) Smith, John. 'Title of Article', Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. D) Smith, John:'Title of Article.' Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smith, John. 'Title of Article.' Journal Name, vol. 10, no. 2, 2020, pp. 50-60. 10. When citing direct quotes, you need to provide in-text MLA citations. Which of the following is a correct in-text MLA citation? A) "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" . (100). B) "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" . (100). C) "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" (100). D) What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself (100). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "What exactly was the difference? he wondered to himself" (100). 11. Which of the following does Not need to be cited. A) Exact words of an author. B) Purchased music, lyrics, and videos. C) Pictures, graphs, and photos found on the Internet. D) Your own words and ideas. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Your own words and ideas. 12. A article from Ebsco written by Harrison Roberts. The PDF version shows page numbers.Which citation is INCORRECT? A) English is cool (Roberts 33). B) English is cool (Roberts, 33). C) Roberts believes that English is cool (33). D) According to Roberts, English is cool (33). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English is cool (Roberts 33). 13. Which of the following is a proper citation in a work cited page A) "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." Foreman, R. New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com. B) Foreman, R. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com. C) New York Times. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." Foreman, R. 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Foreman, R. "In Forecasting Their Emotions, Most People Flunk Out." New York Times, 16 Feb. 1999. www.nytimes.com. 14. An article called "How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying" that does not have page numbers. It was obtained from Ebsco. Which citation is correct? A) English is so cool ("Succeed"). B) English is so cool (How to Succeed). C) English is so cool (Ebsco). D) English is so cool, ("Succeed"). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English is so cool ("Succeed"). 15. Which among the following works cited is using the MLA Formatting Style? A) Danticat, Edwidge. Brother, I'm Dying. Knopf, 2007. B) Alred, G. J. (2009). The business writer's handbook. New York, NY:St Martin's Press. C) Best, A. (2004). International history of the twentieth century. Sibs Publishing House. D) Flesch, R. (n.d.). How to write plain English. Macmillan Publishers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Danticat, Edwidge. Brother, I'm Dying. Knopf, 2007. 16. When directly quoting a full sentence, the first word must be capitalized. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. What happens if your source does not have an author listed? A) Make one up. B) Leave it off, putting the page number only. C) Use the source title instead. D) Use your teacher's name. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use the source title instead. 18. When listing authors' names, how are they normally listed? A) First Name, Middle Initial, Last Name. B) First Initial, Middle Initial, Last Name. C) Last Name, First Name. D) Last Name, First Initial. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Last Name, First Name. 19. When listing a book, the word "print" goes at the end of the entry. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. What is the third skill step when citing evidence in MLA Citation? A) Period after closing parentheses. B) Write page number. C) Start with parentheses (). D) Identify author's last name or title of article if no author. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Identify author's last name or title of article if no author. 21. College students often change their major several times before settling on an area of study. "The possibilities are endless" (234). Is this in text citation correct? A) No, it needs the author's name. B) Yes. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No, it needs the author's name. 22. What is the first skill step when citing evidence in MLA Citation? A) Period after closing parentheses. B) Put quote marks '' '' around evidence. C) After the evidence, start with parentheses (). D) Identify author's last name or title of article if no author. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Put quote marks '' '' around evidence. 23. Which of the following is the correct was to format your Date in MLA? A) April 13, 2022. B) 4/13/22. C) 13 April 2022. D) 13, April 2022. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 13 April 2022. 24. Quotation marks must go around the exact words that were borrowed from someone else. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 25. Hanging indent is when everything is indented except for A) The last line. B) The second line. C) The first line. D) The last name. 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