This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Formatting Quotations – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Formatting Quotations Quiz 2 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the correct way to format a quote from a play? A) Include act, scene, and line numbers. B) Include only the act number. C) Include only the scene number. D) Include only the line number. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Include act, scene, and line numbers. 2. Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:Among other questions, the gym's intake form asked "what are your fitness goals?" . A) Among other questions, the gym's intake form asked, "what are your fitness goals?" . B) Among other questions, the gym's intake form asked, "What are your fitness goals?". C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Among other questions, the gym's intake form asked, "What are your fitness goals?". 3. Which of the following is a correct way to format a quote from a movie? A) (Director's Last Name, Year). B) (Director's Last Name, Scene). C) (Director's Last Name, Minute). D) (Director's Last Name, Title). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Director's Last Name, Year). 4. Dialogue inside of a quote is surrounded by A) Single quotation marks ' '. B) Double quotation marks '' ''. C) Parentheses ( ). D) Brackets [ ]. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Single quotation marks ' '. 5. When should you include the author's last name in your citation? A) Every time. B) The first time you use a quote. C) When you are using quotes from more than one source. D) When you are using quotes from only one source. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) When you are using quotes from more than one source. 6. Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:Dr. Zimmerman extolled the results of the study as, "extremely promising, " and worthy of media attention. A) Dr. Zimmerman extolled the results of the study as, "Extremely promising" and worthy of media attention. B) Dr. Zimmerman extolled the results of the study as "extremely promising" and worthy of media attention. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dr. Zimmerman extolled the results of the study as "extremely promising" and worthy of media attention. 7. What is wrong with this sentence?:The teacher said 'Please open your books to page 10.' A) Nothing-looks great!. B) There should be a comma after SAID. C) PLEASE should be capitalized. D) There should be a period after SAID. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) There should be a comma after SAID. 8. Which type of quote REQUIRES that you use a comma before the quotation AND a capital letter at the start of the quotation? A) Dialogue. B) Flow. C) Both. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dialogue. 9. How should you format a quote that is interrupted by a phrase like 'he said'? A) Use commas to separate the phrase. B) Use semicolons to separate the phrase. C) Use periods to separate the phrase. D) Use dashes to separate the phrase. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Use commas to separate the phrase. 10. Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:"How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world." Observed Anne Frank. A) "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world, " Observed Anne Frank. B) "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world, " observed Anne Frank. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "How wonderful is it that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to move the world, " observed Anne Frank. 11. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS SENTENCE?:I was so grateful for her help, I told her: "I'm going to bake you some cookies!" A) Nothing looks great!. B) I'M should not be capitalized. C) There should be a comma instead of a colon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There should be a comma instead of a colon. 12. Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation:Hugo was skeptical when he saw the grocery store advertisement touting a new type of "Amazing non-browning apple." A) Hugo was skeptical when he saw the grocery store advertisement touting a new type of "amazing non-browning apple.". B) Hugo was skeptical when he saw the grocery store advertisement touting a new type of, "Amazing non-browning apple" . C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hugo was skeptical when he saw the grocery store advertisement touting a new type of "amazing non-browning apple.". 13. What is a FLOW QUOTE? A) A quotation that directly shows what a person says. B) A quotation that uses part of what someone says but incorporates it into MY sentence. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A quotation that uses part of what someone says but incorporates it into MY sentence. 14. Can I use a colon instead of a comma to introduce a quotation? A) Yes, always. B) No, never. C) Sometimes. There are rules. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sometimes. There are rules. 15. What punctuation should be used to introduce a short quotation within a sentence? A) Comma. B) Colon. C) Semicolon. D) Period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 16. Sometimes a quotation is a complete sentence with a speaker tag. How do you properly punctuate the sentence? A) Use a comma to seperate the speaker tag from the quotation. B) Capitalize the quotation. C) All of the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All of the above. 17. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS SENTENCE?:When I called, the receptionist gave me good news: "We made a mistake with your bill." A) Nothing looks good!. B) WE should not be capitalized. C) There should be a comma instead of a colon. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nothing looks good!. 18. What is the purpose of a Lead In? A) To introduce the quote and put it in context. B) To state what page number the quote came from. C) To state what paragraph the quote came from. D) To comment on the importance of the quote. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To introduce the quote and put it in context. 19. Abraham Lincoln said, "All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother" (Lincoln). A) Mother.". B) Mother." (Lincoln). C) Mother (Lincoln).". D) No Change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mother.". 20. What is the purpose of using brackets in a quotation? A) To add clarification or information. B) To indicate a pause. C) To show emphasis. D) To replace a word. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To add clarification or information. 21. When should the first word of a quotation be capitalized? A) Always. B) Only if it's a complete sentence. C) Never. D) Only if it's a question. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Only if it's a complete sentence. 22. SHOULD I USE A COMMA OR A COLON IN FRONT OF THIS QUOTATION?:When I got the bill from the doctor's office, I shouted "Why did he charge $ 1000?" A) Comma. B) Colon. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma. 23. Correct any errors in capitalization or punctuation. Your answer should be a single sentence."Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising" Quipped Mark Twain. A) No Change. B) "Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising, " Quipped Mark Twain. C) "Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising, " quipped Mark Twain. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) "Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising, " quipped Mark Twain. 24. What is the correct way to format a quote from a song? A) (Artist's Last Name, Year). B) (Artist's Last Name, Album). C) (Artist's Last Name, Track Number). D) (Artist's Last Name, Title). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Artist's Last Name, Year). 25. What is the correct way to format a quote within a quote? A) Single quotation marks inside double quotation marks. B) Double quotation marks inside single quotation marks. C) Single quotation marks only. D) Double quotation marks only. 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