MLA & APA Quiz Library Practice A

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Part I Please choose the best answer to the following questions. Questions 1 – 6 are based on MLA guidelines; questions 7 – 9 are based on APA guidelines.

1. The works cited page of your essay should have the heading: a. Bibliography b. “Bibliography” c. Works Cited d. List of Works Cited e. References

2. Entries on your works cited page should be: a. Single-spaced for each entry and double-spaced between individual entries b. Double-spaced throughout c. Triple-spaced throughout d. Numbered

3. Page number should appear in the: a. Top center of every page b. Bottom center of every page c. Top right corner of every page

4. Sources used in the paper should appear: a. On a page entitled Bibliography b. On a page entitled Works Cited c. In alphabetical order by author (by title when the author is unknown) d. a & c e. b & c

5. Every source you used should be included in your Works Cited. a. True b. False 6. In APA, how is the Reference list generally arranged? a. Alphabetically, by the authors first name b. Alphabetically, by the author’s last name c. By publication year d. In the same order it was presented in the essay

7. If you use one paragraph or quote from a book, you should cite the source in the Reference list. a. True b. False

8. When you access information online, your citation must always include the date when you accessed the information. a. True b. False

Part II Put the information in each entry in proper bibliographical form, as if you were compiling a Works Cited or Reference page according to MLA & APA style. Warning: all the information in the entries may not be needed. Write your answers on these sheets, below entry.

1. A scholarly book by Veronica Makowsky, published in Princeton by Princeton University Press entitled Caroline Gordon: A biography. 273 pages. 1992 publication date.

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2. A coauthored book: Jakobson, Roman, and Waugh, Linda R titled The Sound Shape of Language published by Indiana University Press in Bloomington, Indiana in 1979.

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3. An article in an encyclopedia published by Thomson Gale in 2002 named The making of Sinclair Lewis’s Babbitt. Volume 24. Number 1. Pages 23 to 34. Encyclopedia of Modern Literature. Published in New York.

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4. An article titled evidence suggests water exists on the moon in yesterday’s Los Angeles Times found online written by Edward Cullen

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