MLA quiz

What does the "M" in MLA stand for?

• Manly
• Most
• Minimal
• Modern

What does the "L" in MLA stand for?

• Lakers
• Language
• Latin
• Learning

What does the "A" stand for in MLA?

• America
• Association
• And1
• Additional

What is MLA?

• An English writing method
• A method of torturing students
  a method of torturing students
• A method of citing references
• A method used for all writing

When documenting one author in reference in a text, which is correct?

• A. Frye has argued this point before (Frye 197)
• b. This point has been argued before. (Glenn Frye, 197)
• c. This point has been argued before. (Frye 197)
• d. This point has been argued before (Frye, 197).

When documenting one author by name in a text, which is correct?

• a. Frye has argued this point before (Frye 197).
• b. Frye has argued this point before. (197).
• c. Frye has argued this point before. (Frye, 197).
• d. Frye has argued this point before (197).

T/F You should not use the authors’ last names in the citation if the authors’ names appear in the text.

• True
• False

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

• True
• False

T/F When you use quotations in the text, you place the citation before the last quotation mark.

• True
• False

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

• True
• False