MLA Citation Practice

Multiple parenthetical references are.. ------------- A) ... separated by a semicolon B) ... not allowed in MLA style C) ... separated by a comma

A) ... separated by a semicolon

Paraphrasing another person's ideas or words does NOT require an in-text citation. ------------- A) True. B) False.

B) False.

Which quote and citation is properly formatted? The information for the cited quote is the following: ------------- Q. He was stone dead. - Edgar Allan Poe - Page 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).

D) "He was stone dead" (Poe, 85).

Why does the Modern Language Association (MLA) — an organization of professors who teach English, writing, and other modern languages — have a style and citation guide? A) To provide a shared system for crediting the work of scholars. B) Give editors guidelines for working with writers. C) Allow faculty and students alike to avoid plagiarism by providing proper credit. D) All of the above.

D) All of the above.

What does a MLA in-text citation include in parentheses when the source is quoted directly and the author's name is not mentioned in the text? ------------- A) Author and publication year: (Doe, 2007) B) Author, publication year, and page number (preceded by p.): (Doe, 2007, p. 25) C) Author and page number separated by a comma: (Doe, 25) D) Author and page number without intervening punctuation (Doe 25)

D) Author and page number without intervening punctuation (Doe 25)

When do you need to include an in-text citation? A) When you paraphrase information from a source in your paper. B) MLA does not use in-text citations. C) When you include a direct quotation from a source in your paper. D) Both A and D.

D) Both A and D.

In-text citations are also known as... ------------- A) Textual citations. B) Parentheses citations. C) In-text parentheses. D) Parenthetical citations.

D) Parenthetical citations.

- What goes in the parentheses for this quotation? Fletcher's character, Ronald Adams explains:I stepped on the gas like a shot, That's lonely country through the Alleghenies, and I had no intention of stopping. Besides, the coincidence, or whatever it was, gave me the willies. I stopped at the next gas station. (?) - This quote is from page 92 ------------- A) 92 (No quotation marks around the quote needed). B) Fletcher 92. C) p. 92.

A) 92 (No quotation marks around the quote needed).

Each source listed in the Works Cited list must be cited in the text. ------------- A) True. B) False.

A) True.

If the author's last name is mentioned in the text, then it does not need to be included in parentheses. ------------- A) True. B) False.

A) True.

The four parts of an in-text citation are... ------------- A) open parentheses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses. B) open parentheses, author's first name, page number, and close parentheses C) open parentheses, author's last name, a comma, the page number, and a close parentheses D) parentheses, quote, comma, author's last name

A) open parentheses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses.

Indirect sources are cited by.. ------------- A) ... enclosing them in single quotation marks B) ... using qtd. in in parentheses followed by the author who used the quote, and the page number: (qtd. in Doe 25)

B) ... using qtd. in in parentheses followed by the author who used the quote, and the page number: (qtd. in Doe 25)

In MLA style the list of references on your Works Cited page should be in order by: A) Chronological by date of publication B) Alphabetical by author's last name C) Alphabetical by title D) No particular order

B) Alphabetical by author's last name

For all paraphrased or summarized content, the in-text citation must include: ------------- A) Author's last name and the page or paragraph number. B) Author's last name and the date of publication. C) Title of the document and the author's last name.

B) Author's last name and the date of publication.

When should et al. be used in MLA style? ------------- A) when the source has more than 1 author. B) when the source has 3 or more authors. C) if the source has more than 4 authors and has already been mentioned once in the document. D) never.

B) when the source has 3 or more authors.

For all quoted material, the in-text citation must include: ------------- A) Author's last name, title of source, and the page/paragraph number. B) Author's last name, year, and the title of the source. C) Author's last name, year, and page or paragraph number.

C) Author's last name, year, and page or paragraph number.

When should you use in-text citations within your paper? ------------- A) At the end of every page. B) At the end of every paragraph. C) Whenever information has come from another source.

C) Whenever information has come from another source.

To cite an anonymous source in-text, what information should be included in parentheses? ------------- A) the word anonymous and the page number: (Anonymous 25) B) the full source title and the page number: (The Wonderful World of Documentation 25) C) the shortened form of the title (appropriately formatted) and the page number: (Wonderful World 25) D) the page number: (25).

C) the shortened form of the title (appropriately formatted) and the page number: (Wonderful World 25)

Consider the following direct quotation from page one of Sullivan's Memory and Forgetting in English Renaissance Drama and then identify which of the following is cited correctly in MLA style: ------------- Q: "The passage reveals something important about forgetting in early modern literature and culture, that it is frequently associated with resistance to or the retooling of normative models for behavior." ------------- A) The passage reveals something important about forgetting in early modern literature and culture, that it is frequently associated with resistance to or the retooling of normative models for behavior. B) "The passage reveals something important about forgetting in early modern literature and culture, that it is frequently associated with resistance to or the retooling of normative models for behavior." C) Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" reveals the importance of forgetting and its frequent association with struggles against or the refashioning of standardizing models of behavior. D) Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" evinces an early modern preoccupation with the relationship between memory and changing standards in behavior (Sullivan 1).

D) Shakespeare's "Venus and Adonis" evinces an early modern preoccupation with the relationship between memory and changing standards in behavior (Sullivan 1).