MLA Works Cited Quiz

When do you need to use an in-text citation?

• Never

• Always

• Whenever you're citing an idea that isn't your own, even if you're paraphrasing

• Whenever you cite a direct quote.

Is this citation correct?

You always need to go fishing, Durrant claims, because it helps you deal with your problems in a healthy way. "Being outside is the best medicine for any problem (18)".

• Yes

• No

How do you format an in-text citation if there's no page number to use after the author's last name?

• Author's last name only

• Author's last name plus year of publication (Durrant, 2018).

• Author's last name and title of the publication (Durrant, A Treatise on Fly Fishing).

Your Works Cited page should use what kind of indent?

• Hanging

• Special

• Regular

• None

How do you format an in-text citation if there's no author listed?

• Just take a guess.

• Use all of the title (A Treatise on Fly Fishing).

• You use the first two words of the title (A Treatise).