In-Text Citations MLA Quiz

Which is the Correct In-Text Citation?

Quote from:

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. New York :Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999, pp. 6.

• "Don't let the muggles get you down." (J.K. Rowling 6)

• "Don't let the muggles get you down." (Rowling 6)

• "Don't let the muggles get you down" (Rowling 6).

• (Rowling 6): "Don't let the muggles get you down."

Should URLs be included in an in-text citation?

• Yes, because it needs a source to find on the works cited page.

• Depends, because some sources does not have an author, but provided in partial URLs, such as CNN.com.

• No, because it is against the MLA citation rule and should NEVER be accepted.

• None of the above.

What is incorrect in this in-text citation?

The writer stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (263).

• No author, organization, or website

• Page number missing

• Formatically Incorrect

• Nothing incorrect

How do we cite authors with the same lastnames from different sources?

• (R. Miller and A. Miller 12 and 46)

• (R. Miller), (A. Miller), (12-46)

• (R. Miller, A. Miller, 12-46)

• (R. Miller 12), (A. Miller 46)

Which is the Correct In-text citation?

• Are police the problem when Coates asserted the citizens as, "majoritarian pigs?" (3)

• Are police the problem when Coates asserted the citizens as "majoritarian pigs"? (3).

• Are the police the problem when Coates asserted the citizens as "majoritarian pigs"? (Coates 3)

• Are the police the problem when Coates asserted the citizens as "majoritarian pigs" (Coates 3)?

How should we shorten the title of a print source with no known author?

• Exclude articles and remove after the first clause, phrase, or punctuation.

• Find the key word and use it to cite.

• Disregard all clauses and shorten the title only including the necessary words.

• You do not shorten the title of a print source.

Does MLA in-text citation require a Works Cited Page?

• Yes

• No

• Maybe

• MLA Citations does not require a Works Cited Page; APA Citations require a Works Cited Page.

Which is the correct in-text citation?

• Ms. Beck is pressured by her students, as she "wears a mask, and his [her] face grows to fit it" (Orwell)

• Ms. Beck is pressured by her students, as she "wears a mask, and his [her] face grows to fit it." (Orwell 3)

• Ms. Beck is pressured by her students, as she "wears a mask, and his [her] face grows to fit it" (Orwell 3).

• Ms. Beck is pressured by her students, as she "wears a mask, and his [her] face grows to fit it". (Orwell 3)