ENGL 1101 MLA Quiz
If a source has three authors, what would the in-text citation look like? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
(Prater et al. 83)
Which of the following is a correct in-text citation? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
(Smith, 47)
In your research paper, you have used sources by two different authors with the same last name, Bernice Thomas and Christopher Thomas. What would your in-text citations for these sources look like? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
(B. Thomas 388) and (C. Thomas 76)
The following is a source on your Works Cited page: "Reality TV Is Messing With Your Head." Scholastic Choices, vol. 28, no 6, 2012. Academic Search Complete, choices.scholastic.com/story/reality-tv-messing-your- head. Accessed 1 October 2016. What would the in-text citation for this source look like? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
("Reality TV")
If the source you are using in your paper does not have an author, what should you use for the in-text citation? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
An abbreviated title (the first few key words of the title) of the work/source, plus the page number
In MLA documentation, an in-text citation will usually consist of what two pieces of information? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
Author's last name and page number
Which of the following would be the correct entry on a Works Cited page for an article from an online database? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
Block, Alex Ben. "The Real Force Behind Star Wars." Hollywood Reporter, vol.418, no.6, 2012, pp 88-91. Business Source Complete, www.hollywoodreporter.com/ news/george-lucas-star-wars-288513. Accessed 23 July 2016.
Which of the following direct quotations is correctly formatted, punctuated, and documented? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
In 2011, the Star Wars franchise "raked in $3 billion in licensing revenue" (Block 88).
On a Works Cited page, an author's name should... (If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
be listed as "Last name, First name" (King, Stephen).
What does "plagiarizing" mean according to the CGTC Catalog? If you need to, check the CGTC Catalog.
To use someone else's ideas or words as one's own, without giving appropriate credit using quotation marks, if necessary, and citing the source(s)
According to MLA guidelines, how must an outside source used in a research paper be documented? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
With both in-text citations and a Works Cited page
Which of the following would be the correct entry on a Works Cited page for a book with one author? If you need to, check the Purdue OWL website.
Harris, Dean M. Contemporary Issues in Healthcare Law and Ethics. Penguin, 2008.
