MLA 7Th Edition Form, Citation, and Documentation Quiz

MLA 7th Edition Form, Citation, and Documentation Quiz By: Dr. Michael Shuman

1. Which is the correct Works Cited format for the following single-author publication?

Author: Robert Stone Title: A Hall of Mirrors Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston and New York Copyright: 1964 by Robert Stone; First Houghton Mifflin edition: 1997 Page Information: 410 pages

a. R. Stone. A Hall of Mirrors. (1964). Boston: Houghton, 1964.

b. Stone, Robert. A Hall of Mirrors. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Print.

c. Stone, Robert. A Hall of Mirrors. 1964. Boston: Houghton, 1997. Print.

d. Robert Stone, A Hall of Mirrors. Boston and New York, 410.

2. If you use Web sources in works-cited-list entries, you must include the URL

a. Always

b. Never

c. Only when the reader probably cannot locate the source without it or when your instructor requires it

d. Only if the Web page posts a note requiring URL links to site content

3. In terms of format, your paper should be

a. Double-spaced throughout

b. Double-spaced throughout, excepting Works Cited and Notes

c. Single-spaced throughout

d. None of the above

4. Which statement is correct? a. Titles of books should always be italicized

b. Titles of books should always be underlined, unless the book is an anthology

c. Titles of books should always appear in italics, unless the book is an anthology

d. None of the above

5. Margins for your paper in MLA format should be set to

a. One-half inch on the top and bottom, and one inch on both sides

b. One inch at the top and bottom and on both sides

c. One-and-one-half inch on the top and bottom and on both sides

d. There is no standard MLA margin format for research papers

6. For scholarly journals with continuous pagination throughout each annual volume, you must

a. Exclude the issue number from the Works Cited entry

b. Exclude the volume number from the Works Cited entry

c. Exclude both volume and issue number from the Works Cited entry

d. Include both volume and issue number in the Works Cited entry

7. Publication medium (i.e. “Print,” “Web,”) must be included in your Works Cited entry

a. Always

b. Never

c. Only when the reader probably cannot locate the source without it or when your instructor requires it

d. None of the above 8. For pagination of online journals that only appear online and do not have a print version, you must include the designation

a. N.p.

b. n.d.

c. n. pag.

d. N.Pag.

9. The title of your research paper should be centered on the first page following your name, instructor’s name, class number, and date, and should be in a. Bold type b. Italics c. Quotation marks d. None of the above

10. If a quotation extends more than four lines when run into the text, you must a. Shorten the quotation b. Set it off from your text by beginning a new line, indenting one inch from the left margin, and typing it double-spaced without adding quotation marks c. Set it off from your text by beginning a new line, indenting one inch from the left margin, and typing it single-spaced without adding quotation marks d. Set it off from your text by beginning a new line, indenting one inch from the left margin, and typing it double-spaced with quotation marks

11. Page numbers should be formatted on your research paper a. Never. It is inappropriate to paginate your research paper b. On the bottom center of each page c. On the top center of each page d. In the upper-right-hand corner of each page

12. “For Charles Dickens the eighteenth century was both “the best of times” and “the worst of times” (35) If a quotation ending a sentence requires a parenthetical reference, as does the example above, place the sentence period a. Before the parenthetical reference b. After the parenthetical reference c. Inside the quotation marks but before the parenthetical reference d. Outside the quotation marks but before the parenthetical reference

13. Which in-text citation is formatted correctly? a. “Several things about a poem can be ascertained merely by looking at it on the printed page” (Turco 5). b. “Several things about a poem can be ascertained merely by looking at it on the printed page (Turco, 5). c. Neither d. Both

14. Whenever you wish to omit a word or a phrase from a quoted passage in the body of your research paper, you must a. Use three periods with a space before each and a space after the last b. Use five periods with a space before each and a space after the last c. Indicate omitted words or phrases by printing dashes d. None of the above

15. For a scholarly article you find in a USF Library database, you must provide, in the Works Cited entry a. Both the database name and the scholarly journal name, both formatted in italics b. Both the database name and the scholarly journal name, neither formatted in italics c. Only the database name d. Only the scholarly journal name

16. Which is the correct Works Cited format for an essay included in an anthology?

Anthology Editor: David Bradshaw

Anthology Title: A Concise Companion to Modernism

Essay Author: Stephen Frosh

Essay Title: Psychoanalysis in Britain: “The Rituals of Destruction”

Publisher: Blackwell Publishing House, Malden, MA

Pages in Anthology: 304

Page Numbers for Essay: 116-137

a. Frosh, Stephen. “Psychoanalysis in Britain: ‘The Rituals of Destruction.’” A Concise Companion to Modernism. Ed. David Bradshaw. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003. 116-37. Print. b. David Bradshaw, A Concise Companion to Modernism. Contains Stephen Frosh, “Psychoanalysis in Britain: ‘The Rituals of Destruction.’” Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003. 116-137. Print.

c. Frosh, Stephen. Psychoanalysis in Britain: “The Rituals of Destruction.” In A Concise Companion to Modernism. Ed. David Bradshaw. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003. 116-37. Print. d. Stephen Frosh. “Psychoanalysis in Britain: ‘The Rituals of Destruction.’” A Concise Companion to Modernism. Ed. David Bradshaw. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2003. 116-37. Print.

17. If your Works Cited lists two or more titles by the same author, and you need to refer to just one of these titles at some point in the body of your research paper, you should a. Eliminate one of the sources from your Works Cited b. Include the Works Cited entry in parenthesis in the body of your research paper, right after the reference c. Mention the title of the specific work in your text, or include a short version of the title in parenthesis, along with relevant page number d. None of the above 18. For a Works Cited entry for an article in a general-interest magazine (not a scholarly journal), you must give the a. Date, but eliminate page numbers b. Page numbers, but eliminate the date c. Date and page numbers, separated by a colon d. Volume and issue number, just as with a scholarly publication

19. For a Works Cited entry for a web page, you must a. Give the date of publication, if available b. Give date of access c. Give both date of publication, if available, and date of access d. None of the above

20. For a Works Cited entry for a scanned book accessible on a web page, you must list the medium as a. Print b. Web c. Print via Web d. None of the above