This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Italics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Italics Quiz 5 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. True or False:Italics can be used to emphasize a word in a sentence when writing. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Choose the sentence that uses italics for emphasis appropriately. A) The decision was entirely unexpected. B) The decision was entirely unexpected. C) The decision was [entirely] unexpected. D) The decision was entirely unexpected. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The decision was entirely unexpected. 3. Heavyweights (movie) A) "Heavyweights". B) Heavyweights. C) Heavyweights. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heavyweights. 4. Complete the sentence with the option that shows correct capitalization for all proper nouns:On ..... , we are driving to ..... with ..... A) Memorial day, lake Erie, Captain miller. B) Memorial Day, Lake erie, captain Miller. C) Memorial Day, Lake Erie, Captain Miller. D) Memorial Day, Lake Erie, captain Miller. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Memorial Day, Lake Erie, Captain Miller. 5. Which sentence demonstrates the best use of italics for contrast in a conversation? A) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. B) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. C) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. D) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) I wanted the green one, not the yellow one. 6. Read the short passage:'last tuesday, my friend amelia and i went to the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c.' Which option lists all the words that need to be capitalized? A) Last, amelia, i, lincoln, washington. B) Tuesday, amelia, lincoln memorial, washington, d.c. C) Last, tuesday, amelia, i, lincoln, memorial, washington. D) Last, tuesday, amelia, i, lincoln, memorial, washington, d.c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Last, tuesday, amelia, i, lincoln, memorial, washington, d.c. 7. Complete the sentence with the correctly capitalized proper noun:'For our social studies project, we are researching the ..... ' A) Amazon river. B) Amazon river. C) Amazon River. D) Amazon River. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amazon River. 8. Complete the sentence with the word that should NOT be capitalized:My favorite season is ..... , but my favorite holiday is the Fourth of July. A) Summer. B) Summer. C) Thanksgiving. D) Monday. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Summer. 9. Consider this sentence:'My teacher, mr. Lopez, said the movie Holes is better than the book.' What two errors does it contain? A) 'mr.' should be 'Mr.' and 'Holes' should be in quotation marks. B) 'teacher' should be 'Teacher' and 'book' should be 'Book'. C) 'mr.' should be 'Mr.' and 'Holes' should be italicized. D) 'My' should be lowercase and 'Lopez' should be lowercase. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 'mr.' should be 'Mr.' and 'Holes' should be italicized. 10. My friend javier, who is from the south, is moving to New York city. Which sentence corrects all the capitalization errors? A) My friend Javier, who is from the South, is moving to New York City. B) My friend Javier, who is from the south, is moving to New York City. C) My friend javier, who is from the South, is moving to New york City. D) My friend Javier, who is from the south, is moving to new york city. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My friend Javier, who is from the South, is moving to New York City. 11. True or False:The names of specific ships, like the Titanic, should be enclosed in quotation marks. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 12. Choose the option that best uses italics for emphasis:The teacher said the test was going to be ..... hard. A) Really. B) Extremely. C) Super. D) Very. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extremely. 13. True or False:The sentence 'My favorite season is Winter, and I love the Winter Olympics' is capitalized correctly. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Complete the sentence with the correctly capitalized phrase:My family is planning a trip to the ..... this summer. A) Grand canyon. B) Grand Canyon. C) Grand Canyon. D) Grand canyon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Grand Canyon. 15. True or False:In a title, short conjunctions (like 'and', 'but', 'or') and articles ('a', 'an', 'the') should be capitalized as long as they are not the first or last word. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 16. Choose the sentence that best uses italics to show strong emotion:When my favorite team won, I was ..... A) Overjoyed. B) Overjoyed. C) Overjoyed. D) Overjoyed. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overjoyed. 17. Complete the sentence by choosing the phrase that would require italics:'For our report, we read the novel ..... ' A) About a young wizard. B) By J.K. Rowling. C) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. D) From the library. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. 18. Given the rule about capitalizing the first word in a quotation, which sentence with an interrupted quotation is capitalized correctly? A) "That, " the guide announced, "Is the oldest tree in the park.". B) "That, " the guide announced, "is the oldest tree in the park.". C) "that, " the guide announced, "is the oldest tree in the park.". D) "That, " the guide announced, "is the oldest tree in the park" . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "That, " the guide announced, "is the oldest tree in the park.". 19. True or False:The following sentence correctly applies the rule to capitalize the first word of a sentence and the pronoun 'I'. "my friend and i are going to the park." A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 20. In the sentence, 'We read the poem 'the raven' and listened to the album Abbey Road, ' which of the following needs to be corrected for capitalization and which needs to be corrected with italics? A) Capitalize 'poem'; Italicize 'raven'. B) Capitalize 'the'; Italicize 'Abbey Road'. C) Capitalize 'album'; Italicize 'poem'. D) Capitalize 'raven'; Italicize 'album'. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capitalize 'the'; Italicize 'Abbey Road'. 21. True or False:Italics can be used to emphasize a single word or a short phrase. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 22. True or False:Italics are used for the titles of long works, but they can also be used to show that a specific word is important in a sentence. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 23. Choose the fully corrected version of this sentence:'My family is reading the book holes by louis sachar.' A) My family is reading the book "Holes" by Louis Sachar. B) My family is reading the book Holes by louis Sachar. C) My family is reading the book Holes by Louis Sachar. D) My family is reading the book Holes by Louis sachar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) My family is reading the book Holes by Louis Sachar. 24. Complete the sentence:He was so hungry after the workout, ..... he ate an entire pizza. A) That. B) Yet. C) Or. D) But. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That. 25. Which word should be italicized in the following sentence?Homeo sapins is our species' name. A) Homeo sapins. B) Species'. C) Name. D) None of the above. 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