This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Academic Writing > Citation And Referencing > Mla Format – Quiz 8 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Mla Format Quiz 8 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When using parenthetical citations (citing within the text), what TWO things should you include in a citation? A) Author's first name & page #. B) Author's last name & page #. C) Title & page #. D) Author & Title. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Author's last name & page #. 2. What do you do when you have no author of an article? A) Last name and page number. B) Name of the article. C) Just a page number. D) Plagiarize something your friend wrote down. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Name of the article. 3. What is the purpose of an in-text citation in MLA format? A) To provide a summary of the source. B) To give credit to the original author. C) To list all sources used in the research. D) To explain the context of the quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give credit to the original author. 4. Which are the 3 San Serif fonts that are approved to use with MLA citation? A) Calibri, Garamond, Times New Roman. B) Graduate, Wingdings, Arial. C) Arial, Calibri, Georgia. D) Georgia, Garamond, Times New Roman. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Georgia, Garamond, Times New Roman. 5. A line or block of text appearing at the top of each page of a book or document. A) COUNTERCLAIM. B) DATA. C) FONT. D) HEADER. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) HEADER. 6. What is the correct line spacing for an MLA formatted paper? A) Single-spaced. B) 1.5 spacing. C) Double-spaced. D) Triple-spaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Double-spaced. 7. What is the third line in an MLA header? A) First Last Name. B) Teacher's Name. C) Class Period. D) Date. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Class Period. 8. How should you close the essay? A) Find a new way to restate your thesis. B) Restate your thesis exactly. C) With a piece of evidence. D) With a hook. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Find a new way to restate your thesis. 9. Why do we use in-text citations in MLA format? A) To provide a detailed explanation of the source. B) To give the audience enough information to find the citation on the works cited page. C) To interrupt the reader's flow with detailed source information. D) To replace the works cited page. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To give the audience enough information to find the citation on the works cited page. 10. Which of the following represents correct MLA format for a Works Cited entry for a book with two authors? A) Twenge, Jean & Campbell, Keith. B) Twenge, Jean and Keith Campbell. C) Jean Twenge and Keith Campbell. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Twenge, Jean and Keith Campbell. 11. Which one is the correct parenthetical citation for a source with THREE authors? A) (Huber, Trumble, & Fuller 104). B) (Huber, Trumble, et al. 104). C) (Huber et al. 104). D) (Huber, Trumble, and Fuller 104). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (Huber et al. 104). 12. The date in your heading should be ..... A) The date you started working on the assignment. B) The due date of the assignment. C) Your birthday. D) It doesn't matter. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The due date of the assignment. 13. Which is the best way to make this sentence in paragraph 2 complex:The word renewable means it can't be reused and once oil is burned, it takes a million years to make new oil. A) Even though the word renewable means it can't be reused . B) It already has a complex sentence, but this sentence could be revised for clarify. C) It takes a million years to make new oil since it's is nonrenewable. D) This sentence is a fragment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It takes a million years to make new oil since it's is nonrenewable. 14. If the author's name appears in the signal phrase, what can be left out of the parentheses? (Page number is still required.) A) The author's name in parentheses. B) The quote. C) Quotation marks. D) The page number. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author's name in parentheses. 15. What font size is used in MLA 8 formatting? A) 10. B) 8. C) 11. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 12. 16. What are the margins in an MLA essay? A) .5". B) 1". C) 1.5". D) 2". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1". 17. What spacing are you supposed to be using on your papers? A) Double spaced. B) Single Spaced. C) 1.5 Spaced. D) 1.1 Spaced. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Double spaced. 18. You have a book written by following two authors:Patricia O'Neill and Jose Martinez. Which option shows the correct way to format the authors' names on the Works Cited page of your paper? A) O'Neill, Patricia, & Jose Martinez. B) O'Neill, Patricia, and Jose Martinez. C) O'Neill, P. and Martinez, J. D) O'Neill, Patricia, and Martinez, Jose. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) O'Neill, Patricia, and Jose Martinez. 19. The following entry is from what kind of source?Felluga, Dino. Guide to Literary and Critical Theory. Purdue U, 28 Nov. 2003, www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/. Accessed 10 May 2006. A) Newspaper article. B) Website. C) Book. D) Journal. E) Documentary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Website. 20. All body paragraphs begin with ..... A) Thesis. B) Topic sentence. C) Hook. D) Background information. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Topic sentence. 21. Where should the Works Cited page appear in your research paper? A) Immediately after the introduction. B) Before the conclusion. C) At the end of the paper. D) It is optional and not required. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) At the end of the paper. 22. MLA FORMAT:True or False. There should be an extra space (line) between paragraphs. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 23. If you don't have an author for a quote, you don't have to include a citation. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 24. How far does the indentation at the start of a paragraph go? A) 1/2 inch from the paper. B) 1 inch from the paper. C) 1/2 inch from the margins. D) 1 inch from the margins. E) 2 inches from the paper. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1/2 inch from the margins. 25. MLA in-text citation for an internet source includes A) The author's last name. B) The author's full name and page number. C) The organization name and date. D) Nothing is needed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The author's last name. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesAcademic Writing QuizzesGrammar QuizzesMla Format Quiz 1Mla Format Quiz 2Mla Format Quiz 3Mla Format Quiz 4Mla Format Quiz 5Mla Format Quiz 6Mla Format Quiz 7Mla Format Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books