This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Parenthetical Constructions – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 3 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What punctuation is commonly used to set off parentheticals? A) Commas. B) Semicolons. C) Colons. D) Hyphens. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Commas. 2. What is the purpose of using citations in your writing? A) To establish purpose and credibility for your argument. B) To avoid plagiarism. C) To make it easier for someone to find the original source. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. What punctuation marks can be used to set apart a parenthetical element? A) Commas. B) Dashes. C) Parentheses. D) ALL of these!. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) ALL of these!. 4. What type of source is this?An Inconvenient Truth. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, performances by Al Gore and Billy West, Paramount, 2006. A) A book. B) A play performance. C) A film. D) A painting. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A film. 5. If you were to HANDWRITE the title of this film, how would it look? An Inconvenient Truth. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, performances by Al Gore and Billy West, Paramount, 2006. A) An Inconvenient Truth. B) An Inconvenient Truth. C) "An Inconvenient Truth". D) An Inconvenient Truth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An Inconvenient Truth. 6. Question 14 A) F. B) G. C) H. D) J. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H. 7. Parenthetical elements can be removed from a sentence and the sentence will still make sense. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Using another person's words or ideas without giving proper credit is called ..... A) Pirating. B) Acceptable. C) Copyright violation. D) Plagiarism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Plagiarism. 9. Which sentence best fits this parenthetical phrase? ..... which was louder every minute, ..... A) The most delicious food I had ever tried had been from that place. B) The neighbor's music, had a good beat. C) Real Madrid, , is ha best soccer team. D) Moises is the most handsome guy in the world, , he was wearing a sweater. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The neighbor's music, had a good beat. 10. How can you test if a phrase is parenthetical? A) Remove it and see if the sentence still makes sense. B) Check if it starts with 'which' or 'who'. C) See if it is at the end of the sentence. D) Determine if it is an adjective. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remove it and see if the sentence still makes sense. 11. After his knee gave out during the last lap, Jake was motivated to finish the race by the teammates, who ran alongside him, to the finish line. A) NO CHANGE. B) Teammates who, ran alongside him. C) Teammates, who ran alongside, him. D) Teammates who ran alongside him. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Teammates who ran alongside him. 12. Although parents found the code hard to distinguish, emoticons and acronyms became a prevalent or, popular, language among texting and instant-messaging teenagers. A) NO CHANGE. B) Prevalent, or popular, language. C) Prevalent or popular,. D) Prevalent or, popular language. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prevalent, or popular, language. 13. Where should a comma be added in this sentence? Some students got a 100 on the test including May, Sam, and Cory. A) After test. B) After students. C) After 100. D) After including. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) After test. 14. Choose the best punctuation for this sentence:Green lizards which were very rare in the area sat up on the stones in the sunlight and blinked at us. A) Lizards (which were very rare in the area) sat. B) Lizards which were very (rare in the area) sat. C) Lizards (which were very rare) in the area sat. D) Lizards-which were very-rare in the area sat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lizards (which were very rare in the area) sat. 15. Identify the parenthetical element in the sentence: "The weather, as you can see, is quite unpredictable." A) The weather. B) As you can see. C) Is quite unpredictable. D) The weather is quite unpredictable. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) As you can see. 16. Matcha as a flavor, it seems is growing in popularity quite rapidly. A) NO CHANGE. B) As a flavor it seems. C) As a flavor, it seems,. D) As a flavor it seems,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As a flavor, it seems,. 17. The investment banker was surprised to find that his high school marching band picture (complete with the terrible haircut he had sported at the time was now circulating as a popular meme. A) No change. B) Complete with the terrible haircut he had sported at the time,. C) -complete with the terrible haircut he had sported at the time-. D) Complete with the terrible haircut he had sported at the time-. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -complete with the terrible haircut he had sported at the time-. 18. What is the effect of removing a parenthetical from a sentence? A) The sentence becomes unclear. B) The sentence loses additional information. C) The sentence becomes grammatically incorrect. D) The sentence changes its main meaning. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The sentence loses additional information. 19. What is a common mistake when using parenthetical commas? A) Using them to separate items in a list. B) Using them to set off essential information. C) Using them at the beginning of a sentence. D) Using them to end a sentence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Using them to set off essential information. 20. How can you tell if a phrase is nonessential? A) It has punctuation around it. B) You naturally pause before and after. C) You can remove it from the sentence without losing meaning. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 21. Which punctuation can NOT be used to set off parenthetical elements? A) Comma. B) Semicolon. C) Quotation marks. D) Parentheses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Quotation marks. 22. According to the critical edition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Donald Lalwer the application of Darwin's theories was especially strong in Germany, where the implications of biology, psychology, and social theory were enthusiastically explored" (103). This in-text citation A) Is missing the author's name in the parenthetical documentation. B) Incorrectly typed the title. C) Is missing the author's credentials. D) Is done correctly. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Is missing the author's credentials. 23. Where Nicholas excelled at math and science, his younger brother Freddie preferred subjects that involved extensive reading and writing such as, history and English. A) NO CHANGE. B) Writing; such as, history;. C) Writing, such as history. D) Writing such as history. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Writing, such as history. 24. Which part of the sentence is the parenthetical element? Marsha loves reptiles, even snakes, and likes to read books about them. A) Marsha loves reptiles. B) Even snakes. C) Likes to read. D) And likes to read books about them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Even snakes. 25. Choose the best punctuation for this sentence:The Washington Monument built between 1848 and 1884 was damaged by an earthquake. A) Monument, built between 1848 and 1884-was damaged. B) Monument (built between 1848 and 1884 was) damaged. C) Monument, built between 1848 and 1884, was damaged. D) Monument built between (1848 and 1884) was damaged. 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