This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Parenthetical Constructions – Quiz 6 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parenthetical Constructions Quiz 6 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best punctuation for this sentence:Dr. Jonas Salk 1914-1995 discovered a cure for polio. A) Salk 1914-1995, discovered. B) Salk, (1914-1995), discovered. C) Salk (1914-1995) discovered. D) Salk-1914-1995-discovered. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Salk (1914-1995) discovered. 2. Is the following sentence punctuated correctly? My friend, who is a talented musician, plays the piano beautifully. A) A) Yes. B) B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A) Yes. 3. Question 11 A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B. 4. What is the purpose of parenthetical commas in a sentence? A) To separate items in a list. B) To indicate a pause. C) To set off non-essential information. D) To join two independent clauses. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To set off non-essential information. 5. Which quote and citation is properly formatted? The information for the cited quote is the followingHe was stone dead.Edgar Allan Poepage 85 A) "He was stone dead. (85 Poe)". B) "He was stone dead" (Poe 85). C) "He was stone dead." (Poe, 85). D) "He was stone dead" (Poe, 85). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "He was stone dead" (Poe 85). 6. Identify the correct use of commas in the sentence.The hostility of the group she believes will soon be overcome. A) The hostility, of the group she believes, will soon be overcome. B) The hostility of the group, she believes, will soon be overcome. C) The hostility of the group she believes, will soon be overcome. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The hostility of the group, she believes, will soon be overcome. 7. What two pieces of information should be included in the parenthetical citation? A) Author's first and last name. B) First letter of author's last name and page number. C) Author's last name and page number. D) Page numbers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Author's last name and page number. 8. Which sentence would be correct to put into this parenthetical phrase?My cousin, ..... , decided to stay on the bench. A) With me. B) Who doesn't like pools. C) Was eating. D) While swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who doesn't like pools. 9. Identify the parenthetical phrase in this sentence:My brother, who is a doctor, lives in New York. A) My brother. B) Who is a doctor. C) Lives in New York. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who is a doctor. 10. Which answer choice correctly uses parentheses to set off the parenthetical elements in this sentence?Miles McSmith 1910-1999 was a famous rock star that my mother adored. A) Miles McSmith (1910-(1999) was a famous rock star that my mother adored. B) Miles McSmith (1910-1999) was a famous rock star that my mother adored. C) Miles McSmith 1910-1999 was a famous rock star (that my mother adored). D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Miles McSmith (1910-1999) was a famous rock star that my mother adored. 11. Choose the best punctuation for this sentence:At medical school, Salk began researching influenza the virus that causes the flu. A) Influenza the virus, that causes the flu. B) Influenza-the virus-that causes the flu. C) Influenza (the virus) that causes the flu. D) Influenza, the virus that causes the flu. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Influenza, the virus that causes the flu. 12. Which answer choice correctly uses dashes to set off the nonrestrictive elements in this sentence?Nick's car a green Subaru was stolen last night. A) Nick's car a green Subaru-was stolen last, night. B) Nick's-car a green Subaru-was stolen last night. C) Nick's car-a green Subaru-was stolen last night. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nick's car-a green Subaru-was stolen last night. 13. On the few occasions Missy ate vegetables, she liked them roasted or fried rather, then in the raw form her brother preferred. A) NO CHANGE. B) Fried, rather then. C) Fried rather than. D) Fried rather, than. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fried rather than. 14. A parenthetical element is always necessary to a sentence's meaning. A) A) True. B) B) False. C) C) Sometimes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) B) False. 15. An MLA parenthetical citation should be located: A) Just before the information being cited. B) Just after the information being cited. C) On the last page of the paper. D) At the bottom of the page. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Just after the information being cited. 16. What is the correct parenthetical citation for this journal article?Milken, Michael, et al. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly, vol. 23, no. 4, 2006, p. 63. Project Muse, http://www.projectmuse.com/milkentext/8729387. Accessed 3 Feb. 2018. A) (Milken 63). B) (Milken et al, 63). C) (Milken "On Global" 63). D) (Milken, et al. 63). Show Answer Correct Answer: D) (Milken, et al. 63). 17. Identify the parenthetical element in the sentence: "The answer, I believe, is correct." A) The answer. B) I believe. C) Is correct. D) The answer is correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) I believe. 18. The judges had decided without a doubt that Leslie was the winning baker for her rosemary sourdough loaf. A) NO CHANGE. B) Decided; without a doubt. C) Decided, without a doubt,. D) Decided without a doubt,. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decided, without a doubt,. 19. Is the use of quotation and in-text citation correct?In The Hitchhiker, Ronald Adams asks the mechanic, "What about hitchhikers?" to which the mechanic replies, "(half-laughing) Hitchhikers-here?" (Fletcher 95). A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 20. Identify the parenthetical in the following sentence:'My brother, who is a doctor, lives in New York.' A) My brother. B) Who is a doctor. C) Lives in. D) New York. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Who is a doctor. 21. Which parenthetical phrase fits in this sentence? The book, ..... , was a bestseller. A) Which I read last summer. B) Is on the table. C) Was expensive. D) And I liked it. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Which I read last summer. 22. Identify the correct use of commas in the sentence.Do you want both the name and the address of each student Ms. Jones? A) Do you want both the name and the address of each student, Ms. Jones?. B) Do you want both, the name and the address of each, student Ms. Jones?. C) Do you want both the name and the address, of each student, Ms. Jones?. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Do you want both the name and the address of each student, Ms. Jones?. 23. A student is quoting from the book A Man of the People by Chinua Achebe.Which is the correct parenthetical citation? A) (Achebe 49). B) (Chinua 49). C) (Achebe 49). D) (Chinua 49). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (Achebe 49). 24. TRUE or FALSE: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. 25. Although Graham died in 1991, her namesake:the Martha Graham Dance Company-continues to serve as an innovative force in the world of contemporary dance. A) NO CHANGE. B) Namesake,. C) Namesake-. D) Namesake. 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