This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Grammar > Punctuation > Parenthetical Elements – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Parenthetical Elements Quiz 1 (25 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does a nonrestrictive element do? A) Connects two clauses. B) Limits meaning. C) Adds a nonessential detail. D) Replaces the main verb. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adds a nonessential detail. 2. Choose the correct way to write the sentence. A) A tsunami is a series of waves, it can move too shore at high speeds. B) A tsunami is a series of waves. it can move to shore at high speeds. C) A tsunami is a series of waves, it can move too shore at high speeds. D) A tsunami is a series of waves, and it can move to shore at high speeds. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A tsunami is a series of waves, and it can move to shore at high speeds. 3. What is the nonrestrictive element in this sentence?I was startled when the movie started because it was so loud! A) I was startled. B) When the movie started. C) There is no nonrestrictive element in this sentence. D) Because it was so loud!. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is no nonrestrictive element in this sentence. 4. 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. 5. My brother who lives in Minneapolis is a pilot. A) Correct. B) Incorrect. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Incorrect. 6. True or False. If the parenthetical element is at the end of the sentence, add either the comma, parentheses mark or dash and then a period. A) True. B) False. C) Sometimes. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. Which rule does this dash follow in this sentence?I was getting angry now. "All I know is, I kill some bull guy ..... ""Don't talk like that!" Annabeth told me (86). A) An interruption in thought/speech to give EXTRA INFO/Side comment. B) A hesitating speech like stuttering. C) An abrupt stop of a sentence (like getting cut-off). D) A pause in speech to signify a heavier emphasis on nearby words. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An abrupt stop of a sentence (like getting cut-off). 8. Indeed when we see animals depicted in well-known works of art, the image of dogs playing poker-popularized in a series of paintings by American artist C. M. Coolidge, may be the first and only one that comes to mind. A) No change. B) Coolidge-. C) Coolidge;. D) Coolidge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Coolidge-. 9. Which answer choice correctly uses parentheses to set off the nonrestrictive elements in this sentence? Circle a number between 1 poor and 10 excellent on the chart. A) Circle a number between 1 (poor) and 10 (excellent) on the chart. B) (Circle a number) between 1 poor and 10 excellent on the chart. C) Circle a number (between 1 poor) and 10 excellent on the chart. D) Circle a number between 1 poor and 10 (excellent on the chart.). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Circle a number between 1 (poor) and 10 (excellent) on the chart. 10. What is a common error when punctuating nonessential phrases? A) Misused colon. B) Run-on sentences. C) Missing subject. D) Mismatched or missing marks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mismatched or missing marks. 11. What's an appositive? A) A phrase replacing punctuation. B) A noun renaming another noun. C) A complete sentence. D) A verb renaming a clause. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A noun renaming another noun. 12. What is the correct rule for punctuating nonessential phrases in the middle of a sentence? A) Commas and parentheses are correct, but not dashes. B) Using different punctuation marks to open and close them is okay. C) Use matching commas, dashes, or parentheses around them. D) Semicolons can be used to enclose nonessential phrases. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use matching commas, dashes, or parentheses around them. 13. Identify the sentence with the correct use of parenthetical elements. A) My brother, who is a doctor, works at the local hospital. B) My brother who is a doctor works, at the local hospital. C) My brother who, is a doctor, works at the local hospital. D) My brother, who is a doctor works at the local hospital. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) My brother, who is a doctor, works at the local hospital. 14. Which sentence correctly uses commas to add a parenthetical element? A) The dragon, wings stretched wide, soared above the clouds. B) The dragon (wings stretched wide) soared above the clouds. C) The dragon-wings stretched wide-soared above the clouds. D) The dragon wings stretched wide soared above the clouds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The dragon, wings stretched wide, soared above the clouds. 15. What is the nonrestrictive element in this sentence?The mouse ran under the table to hide from the homeowner. A) Ran under the table. B) To hide from the homeowner. C) There is no nonrestrictive element in this sentence. D) The mouse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is no nonrestrictive element in this sentence. 16. Identify the sentence with the correct use of commas for a parenthetical element. A) The restaurant, famous for its pasta, was fully booked. B) The restaurant famous for its pasta was fully booked. C) The restaurant, famous for its pasta was fully booked. D) The restaurant famous, for its pasta, was fully booked. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The restaurant, famous for its pasta, was fully booked. 17. 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. 18. The following year, 1558, Mary died in an influenza epidemic, and Elizabeth, then twenty-four, assumed the throne of England. A) NO CHANGE. B) 1558, and. C) 1558;. D) 1558. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) NO CHANGE. 19. Both the cats and the key, which I have been looking for all day, was/were under the table. A) Was. B) Were. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Were. 20. On the TSIA2, which punctuation mark is the most tested for nonessential phrases? A) Comma,. B) Colon:. C) Parenthesis (. D) Dash-. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Comma,. 21. Originally servants of the court, minstrels were wildly popular medieval performers, ..... whose songs told stories of distant locations or historical events. A) No change. B) Court, minstrels were wildly popular medieval performers. C) Court, minstrels, were wildly popular medieval performers. D) Court-minstrels were wildly popular medieval performers,. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Court, minstrels were wildly popular medieval performers. 22. How often should you use dashes and parentheses when adding extra information in your writing? A) Use dashes and parentheses more than commas to make your writing stand out. B) Use commas most of the time; dashes and parentheses should be used rarely for effect. C) Use all three equally in every sentence. D) Never use commas-only dashes and parentheses for parenthetical elements. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Use commas most of the time; dashes and parentheses should be used rarely for effect. 23. Read the sentence. Which sentence contains a nonrestrictive, or parenthetical, element? A) If you'd come home when I asked-instead of stopping to buy candy-we wouldn't have missed the bus. B) We wouldn't have missed the bus if you hadn't stopped to buy candy, but had come home when I asked. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) If you'd come home when I asked-instead of stopping to buy candy-we wouldn't have missed the bus. 24. Ballads can be long or short, but most rely on varying verses that alternate with an unchanging refrain or, chorus, to tell a story. A) NO CHANGE. B) Refrain, or chorus, to. C) Refrain or chorus to,. D) Refrain or, chorus to. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Refrain, or chorus, to. 25. Which rule does this dash follow in this sentence?He had blue eyes ..... at least a dozen of them ..... on his cheeks, his forehead, the backs of his hands (57). A) An interruption in thought/speech to give EXTRA INFO/Side comment. B) A hesitating speech like stuttering. C) An abrupt stop of a sentence (like getting cut-off). D) A pause in speech to signify a heavier emphasis on nearby words. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An interruption in thought/speech to give EXTRA INFO/Side comment. 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