This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Italics – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Italics Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which option shows the correct capitalization for the book title? A) The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe. B) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. C) The lion, the witch and the wardrobe. D) The Lion, the Witch And The wardrobe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. 2. Unlike proper nouns such as French, Mars, and the Amazon River, the common noun ..... does not require capitalization. A) Autumn. B) January. C) Spanish. D) Earth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autumn. 3. Which of the following is a fundamental rule of capitalization in English? A) Capitalize all nouns for emphasis. B) Capitalize the names of seasons like 'winter' and 'summer'. C) Capitalize the first word of every sentence. D) Capitalize all words in the title of a book. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capitalize the first word of every sentence. 4. Complete the sentence with the correct formatting:The research vessel that discovered the Titanic was named the ..... A) "RSS Knorr". B) *RSS Knorr*. C) RSS Knorr. D) *rss knorr*. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) *RSS Knorr*. 5. Read the two sentences below. Which one uses formatting correctly for the title?Sentence A:I read the poem The Road Not Taken.Sentence B:I read the poem 'The Road Not Taken'. A) Sentence A is correct. B) Sentence B is correct. C) Both are correct because the rules are flexible. D) Neither is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sentence B is correct. 6. In our English assignment, the title that should be italicized is ..... A) The novel 'The Giver'. B) The poem "The Raven". C) The movie 'Dune'. D) The short story "The Lottery". Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The movie 'Dune'. 7. In the sentence 'We are reading the novel The Giver in class, ' which part should be formatted with italics? A) We are reading. B) The novel. C) The Giver. D) In class. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Giver. 8. True or False:The names of the seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter) should always be capitalized. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Which sentence is the fully corrected version of this one?we read the book holes by louis sachar in ms. garcia's class. A) We read the book "Holes" by Louis Sachar in Ms. Garcia's class. B) We read the book Holes by Louis Sachar in Ms. Garcia's class. C) We read the book Holes by Louis Sachar in Ms. Garcia's class. D) We read the book Holes by louis sachar in Ms. Garcia's class. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) We read the book Holes by Louis Sachar in Ms. Garcia's class. 10. In which of the following sentences is italics used incorrectly? A) The newspaper *The Washington Post* has won many awards. B) I can't believe you haven't seen the movie *The Avengers*. C) For English class, I wrote an essay about the short story *The Gift of the Magi*. D) The name of the spacecraft was *Challenger*. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For English class, I wrote an essay about the short story *The Gift of the Magi*. 11. Choose the sentence that uses italics to emphasize a question: A) Did you actually think that was a good idea?. B) Did you actually think that was a good idea?. C) Did you actually think that was a good idea?. D) Did you actually think that was a good idea?. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Did you actually think that was a good idea?. 12. Complete the sentence with the option that does NOT require italics:I am reading about ..... A) The ship Titanic. B) The book The Hunger Games. C) The planet Mars. D) The foreign phrase c'est la vie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The planet Mars. 13. Complete the sentence with the correctly capitalized proper noun:This year for social studies, we are learning about ancient ..... A) Greece. B) Greece. C) Greeces. D) Greeces. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Greece. 14. Complete the sentence:Maria is fluent in Spanish and French, but she is still learning to speak ..... A) English. B) English. C) The English. D) Englesh. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) English. 15. My friend Javier speaks ..... and English fluently. A) Spanish. B) Spanish. C) SPANISH. D) *Spanish*. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spanish. 16. Which sentence correctly uses italics to emphasize that the action was surprising or hard to accept? A) I *can't* believe you did that!. B) I can't *believe* you did that!. C) I can't believe *you* did that!. D) I can't believe you did *that*!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I can't *believe* you did that!. 17. Complete the sentence:When you say you will ..... try, do you mean it? A) Really. B) Barely. C) Hardly. D) Occasionally. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Really. 18. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (poem) A) Quotation marks. B) Underlining or italics. C) Nothing. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Quotation marks. 19. Which word should be italicized in the sentence, 'I am certain he did it on purpose!' for emphasis? A) Certain. B) He. C) Did. D) Purpose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Certain. 20. Given the rule, 'Capitalize family relationship titles when they are used as a proper name, ' which sentence correctly applies it? A) I asked my dad for help with my homework. B) Did you see where Mom went after school?. C) My aunt is coming to visit us from Ohio. D) I told dad you were coming over. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Did you see where Mom went after school?. 21. Complete the sentence with the correctly capitalized and punctuated place name:My family took a trip to ..... , where we visited several national monuments. A) Washington, d.c. B) Washington, D.C. C) Washington, D.C. D) Washington dc. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Washington, D.C. 22. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (newspaper) A) "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette". B) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. C) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 23. Read the short passage:'last tuesday, my brother ben and i went to see a film about the revolutionary war.' Which option lists all the words that need to be capitalized? A) Last, Ben, I. B) Last, Tuesday, Ben, I, Revolutionary, War. C) Tuesday, Ben, I, Revolutionary, War. D) Last, Ben, I, Revolutionary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Last, Tuesday, Ben, I, Revolutionary, War. 24. Which word should be italicized for emphasis in this sentence:I can't believe you forgot my birthday? A) Believe. B) Forgot. C) Birthday. D) Can't. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Forgot. 25. To express disbelief that the project is due tomorrow and not next week, you would say:'The project is due ..... !' Fill in the blank. A) *tomorrow*. B) Tomorrow. C) Due. D) Project. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) *tomorrow*. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGrammar QuizzesItalics Quiz 1Italics Quiz 2Italics Quiz 3Italics Quiz 4Italics Quiz 5Italics Quiz 7Italics Quiz 8Italics Quiz 9Italics Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books