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1. On the sample Works Cited page shown below, indicate which type…
1. On the sample Works Cited page shown below, indicate which type of source the entry represents.
Colbert, Stephen. Home page. 1 Nov. 2006.
Select one:
a. Website
b. Article
c. Book
2. MLA prefers Times New roman font
Select one:
True
False
3. Alphabetize your Works Cited page including “A”, “An”, or “The” as the first word of a title.
Select one:
True
False
4. Which of the following is true about block quotes:
Select one:
a. Quotation marks are not used
b. Page number at end is outside the period
c. Only used when author is mentioned in the text
d. The entire block quote is indented
e. All of these are true.
5. When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark.
Select one:
True
False
6. You should underline or italicize the title of a text, but not the period at the end in the Works Cited page.
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True
False
7. On the sample Works Cited page shown below, indicate which type of source the entry represents.
The Chicago Manual of Style. 15th ed. Chicago: U of Chicago P, 2003.
Select one:
a. Article
b. Book
c. Website
8. You should capitalize every word in a title.
Select one:
True
False
9. When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct?
Select one:
a. Frye has argued this point before. (197).
b. Frye has argued this point before (Frye 197).
c. Frye has argued this point before. (Frye, 197).
d. Frye has argued this point before (197).
10. You only use block quotes when quoting more than 4 lines (not sentences) of text.
Select one:
True
False
11. When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?
Select one:
a. This point has been argued before. (Glenn Frye, 197)
b. This point has been argued before (Frye 197).
c. This point has been argued before. (Frye 197)
12. Quotation marks should be placed around titles of shorter works (articles, poems, short stories, essays).
Select one:
True
False
13. MLA works cited pages use hanging indents. This means:
Select one:
a. The first line of a work cited begins about 1/2 inch left of the remaining lines of the entry
b. The first line of a work cited begins about 1/2 inch to the right of the remaining lines of the entry
c. The title, “Works Cited” needs to be centered.
d. The first work cited is indented; the remaining works cited are justified normally
14. You should not use the authors’ last names in the citation if the authors’ names appear in the text.
Select one:
True
False
15. On the sample Works Cited page shown below, indicate which type of source the entry represents.
Bernstein, Barton J. “Atomic Diplomacy: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” Diplomatic History 28.3 (1991): 126-29.
Select one:
a. Website
b. Article in a scholarly journal
c. book
16. For multiple authors of the same text in your Works Cited page, list all authors in reverse order, separated by commas, and a period at the end.
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True
False
17. Author’s first and last names are listed in reverse order and alphabetically on the Works Cited page.
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True
False
18. On the sample Works Cited page shown below, indicate which type of source the entry represents.
American Association for Artificial Intelligence. 17 Mar. 2001.
Select one:
a. article
b. Website
c. book
19. Which is the correct way to cite a website?
Select one:
a. According to the Modern Language Association’s (MLA) website, the MLA was founded in 1883 (mla.org).
b. The Modern Language Association was founded in 1883 (mla.org).
c. Both
20. You only use “et al” when you are citing a text with more than three authors.
Select one:
True
False
