MLA In-Text Citation Practice

1.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

How do you properly format this quotation and citation?
I smiled- for what had I now to fear?
Edgar Allan Poe
page 87

"I smiled- for what had I now to fear?" (Poe 87).

"I smiled- for what had I now to fear" (Poe 87)?

"I smiled- for what had I now to fear? (Poe, 87)".

"I smiled, for what had I now to fear?" (Poe, 87)

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In-text citations are also known as...

Textual citations

Parentheses citations

In-text parentheses

Parenthetical citations

3.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Paraphrasing another person's ideas or words does NOT require an in-text citation.

True

False

4.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Is the use of quotation and in-text citation correct?
In The Hitchhiker, Ronald Adams asks the mechanic, "What about hitchhikers?" to which the mechanic replies, "(half-laughing) Hitchhikers- here?" (Fletcher 95).

Yes

No

5.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The four parts of an in-text citation are...

open parenteses, author's last name, page number, and close parentheses

open parentheses, author's first name, page number, and close parentheses

open parentheses, author's last name, a comma, the page number, and a close parentheses

parentheses, quote, comma, author's last name

6.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which quote and citation is properly formatted? The information for the cited quote is the following
He was stone dead.
Edgar Allan Poe
page 85

"He was stone dead. (85 Poe)"

"He was stone dead" (Poe 85).

"He was stone dead." (Poe, 85)

"He was stone dead" (Poe, 85).

7.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

True or false? Only direct quotes need to be cited.

True

False

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

A MLA in-text/paranthetical citation should be located:

just after the information being cited

just before the information being cited

at the bottom of the page

on the last page of the paper

9.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below:

"Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately," (Smith 10).

"Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith p. 10).

"Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately." (Smith 10)

(Smith 10) "Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately."

10.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

Why should students use MLA Format?

To avoid plagiarism

Because teachers say they should

To make a paper harder

Students shouldn't use it

11.

Multiple Choice

10 sec

1 pt

True or False: You do not need to include in-text citations when summarizing or paraphrasing information from an outside source.

True

False

12.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What information do you include if there is no known author of a source?

Publication date

Title of the source

Publisher name

You do not need to cite this source

13.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

The placement of an in-text or parenthetical citation within a paper is important. Select which in-text citation is properly done from the options below.

Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately (Smith 10).

Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith 10)

Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately. (Smith p.10)

(Smith 10) Many of the students who plagiarize do so out of ignorance rather than deliberately

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