MLA Citation Rules Quiz

In what order do you list your sources on your Works Cited page?

Alphabetically by the author's last name, book/article title, or website name

T/F Alphabetize you Works Cited page including "A". "An" or "The" as the first word of a title

False

T/F You should capatalize every word in a title

False

T/F You should underline the title of a text, but not the period at the end in the Works Cited Page

False

T/F for multiple authors of the same text in your Works Cited page, list all authors in reverse order, seperated by commas, and a period at the end

False

When documenting one author by name in your sentence/text, which is correct?

Frye has argued this point before (197).

What does the acronym MLA stand for?

Modern Language Association

More about Works Cited page

Start each entry on new line, regular left margin, Indent the second and all subsequent lines ("hanging indent") Double space al lines.

Which is true of a Works Cited Page?

Starts on a new page numbered sequentially, Works Cited is centered without quotations marks, italics, or underlining

Which is the correct way to cite a website?

The Modern Language Association was founded in 1883 and Accoring to the Modern Language Association's (MLA) website, the MLA was founded in 1883 (mla.org).

Which of the following is true about block quotes:

The entire block quote is indented, author is mentioned in the text, Page number is included at end after the period, quotation marks are not used

When documenting one author in reference to a text, but not mentioned in your sentence, which is correct?

The point has been argued before (Frye 197).

T/F MLA prefers Times New Roman font

True

T/F The period (.) is placed after the page number in parentheses ...into his heart" (9).

True

T/F You only use "et al" when you are citing a text with more than three authors

True

T/F You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text

True