MLA Quiz

Which of these options is the correct formatting for a book?

• Wroblewski, David, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Harper Collins. 2008.

• Wroblewski, David. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Harper Collins, 2008.

• David Wroblewski, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Harper Collins, 2008.

• David Wroblewski. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle. Harper Collins. 2008.

Which of these options is the correct formatting for an article from an online academic journal?

• Chan, Evans. “Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema.” Postmodern Culture, vol. 10, no. 3, Project Muse, doi:10.1353/prmc.2000.0021. Online.

• Evans Chan. “Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema.” Postmodern Culture, vol. 10, no. 3, May 2000. Project Muse, doi:10.1353/prmc.2000.0021.

• Chan, Evans. “Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema.” Postmodern Culture, vol. 10, no. 3, May 2000. Project Muse, doi:10.1353/prmc.2000.0021.

• Evans Chan, “Postmodernism and Hong Kong Cinema.” Postmodern Culture, vol. 10, no. 3, May 2000. Project Muse, doi:10.1353/prmc.2000.0021.

Which of these options is the correct formatting for a music video online?

• Beyoncé. "Pray You Catch Me." Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016, www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-visual-album/.

• Beyoncé. "Pray You Catch Me." Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016.

• Beyoncé. "Pray You Catch Me." Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016.

• Beyoncé. "Pray You Catch Me." Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016, www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-visual-album/.

Which of these options is the correct formatting for a TV episode??

• Parks and Recreation. “94 Meetings.” Created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, performance by Amy Poehler, season 2, episode 21, Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios, 2010.

• “94 Meetings.” Parks and Recreation, created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, performance by Amy Poehler, season 2, episode 21, Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios, 2010.

• “94 Meetings.” Parks and Recreation, created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, performance by Amy Poehler, season 2, Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios, 2010. TV Series

• Parks and Recreation. “94 Meetings.” created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, performance by Amy Poehler, season 2, episode 21, Deedle-Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios, 2010. TV Series

Which of these options is the correct formatting for an article from an online journal according to MLA Handbook: Eighth Edition?

• “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, 2008, www.socwork.net/sws/article/view/60/362.

• Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal.

• “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, 2008, www.socwork.net/sws/article/view/60/362. Accessed 20 May 2009.

• Dolby, Nadine. “Research in Youth Culture and Policy: Current Conditions and Future Directions.” Social Work and Society: The International Online-Only Journal, vol. 6, no. 2, 2008, www.socwork.net/sws/article/view/60/362. Accessed 20 May 2009.

Which of these options is the correct formatting for books with multiple authors?

• Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.

• Wysocki, Anne Frances, et al. “Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition.” Utah State UP, 2004.

• Wysocki, Anne Frances, and others. Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition. Utah State UP, 2004.

• Wysocki, Anne Frances and others. “Writing New Media: Theory and Applications for Expanding the Teaching of Composition.” Utah State UP, 2004.

Which of these options is the correct formatting for a short direct quotation?

• “He was obeyed,” writes Joseph Conrad of the company manager in Heart of Darkness, “yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect.” (87)

• “He was obeyed” writes Joseph Conrad of the company manager in Heart of Darkness “yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect” (87).

• “He was obeyed” writes Joseph Conrad of the company manager in Heart of Darkness “yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect.” (87)

• “He was obeyed,” writes Joseph Conrad of the company manager in Heart of Darkness, “yet he inspired neither love nor fear, nor even respect” (87).

Which of these options is the correct formatting for a citation when there is more than one work by the author?

Beyoncé. "Hold Up." Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016, www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-visual-album/.

Beyoncé. "Pray You Catch Me." Lemonade, Parkwood Entertainment, 2016, www.beyonce.com/album/lemonade-visual-album/.

• The music on this album is exciting and empowering (“Hold Up”).

• The music on this album is exciting and empowering (“Pray You Catch Me”).

• The music on this album is exciting and empowering (Beyoncé, “Pray You Catch Me”).

• The music on this album is exciting and empowering (“Lemonade”).

Select the non-plagiarized use of Walter A. McDougall’s ideas from Promised Land:

“American Exceptionalism as our founders conceived it was defined by what America was, at home. Foreign policy existed to defend, not define, what America was.”

• For the founding fathers, America’s exceptionalism was based on the country’s domestic identity, which foreign policy did not shape but merely guarded.

• As Walter A. McDougall argues, for the founding fathers America’s exceptionalism was based on the country’s domestic identity, which foreign policy did not shape but merely protected (37).

• According to Walter A. McDougall, the founding fathers defined American exceptionalism by its contrast of foreign policy and domesticity.

• As Walter A. McDougall argues, for the founding fathers America’s exceptionalism was based on the country’s domestic identity, which foreign policy did not shape but merely protected.

In what order should your Works Cited page be in?

• The order in which you found your sources

• Reverse alphabetical by first name

• Alphabetical by last name

• The order of most important to least important sources