Punctuation and Grammar Quiz

Which sentence correctly uses italics or underlining for the title of an artwork in the diary entry?

• A) Michelangelo said, "I will call this sculpture The David."

• B) Michelangelo said, "I will call this sculpture The david."

• C) Michelangelo said, "I will call this sculpture The David."

• D) Michelangelo said, "I will call this sculpture the David."

What is the best way to revise this sentence to include correct punctuation for the dialogue?

• A) Michelangelo looked at the block of marble, "This will be my greatest work."

• B) Michelangelo looked at the block of marble and said, "this will be my greatest work."

• C) Michelangelo looked at the block of marble and said, "This will be my greatest work."

• D) Michelangelo, looked at the block of marble and said, "This will be my greatest work."

Which sentence below correctly uses a comma in a compound sentence?

• A) Michelangelo was nervous but he knew he could complete the painting.

• B) Michelangelo was nervous, but he knew he could complete the painting.

• C) Michelangelo, was nervous but he knew, he could complete the painting.

• D) Michelangelo was nervous, but, he knew he could complete the painting.

Which of the following best revises this sentence into a complex sentence with correct punctuation?

• A) He stared at the marble block, because he thought about how he would shape it into David.

• B) Staring at the marble block, he thought about how he would shape it into David.

• C) He stared at the marble block and thought about how to shape it into David.

• D) He stared at the marble block thinking about how he would shape it into David.

Which revision correctly adds a comma to separate the introductory clause from the rest of the sentence?

• A) While working on the Sistine Chapel Michelangelo, faced many challenges.

• B) While working on the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo faced many challenges.

• C) While working, on the Sistine Chapel Michelangelo faced many challenges.

• D) While working on the Sistine Chapel Michelangelo faced, many challenges.

In the following sentence from the diary entry, which revision uses correct punctuation for the title of the painting?

"I’m painting God reaching out to Adam, and it’s so hard to get the hands just right."

• I’m painting God Reaching Out to Adam, and it’s so hard to get the hands just right.
  

• I’m painting God reaching out to Adam, and it’s so hard to get the hands just right.

• I’m painting "God reaching out to Adam", and it’s so hard to get the hands just right.

•  I’m painting God reaching out to Adam, and it’s so hard to get the hands just right.

Which sentence correctly uses quotation marks to show what Michelangelo said out loud to himself while painting?

• a) Michelangelo said, I wonder if I’ll ever finish this painting.

• b) Michelangelo said "I wonder if I’ll ever finish this painting."

• c) Michelangelo said, "I wonder if I’ll ever finish this painting."

• d) Michelangelo said, “I wonder if I’ll ever finish this painting.”

In the sentence below, choose the option that correctly uses commas in this compound sentence:

• a) The ceiling is so big, and I’m just one person.

• b) The ceiling is so big and, I’m just one person.

• c) The ceiling is so big, and I’m just, one person.

• d) The ceiling, is so big and I’m just one person.

In the sentence below, which option correctly uses a comma in the complex sentence?

• a) When I look at what I’ve finished I feel proud.

• b) When I look at what I’ve finished, I feel proud.

• c) When, I look at what I’ve finished I feel proud.

• d) When I look at what I’ve finished I, feel proud.

In the following sentence, which revision uses italics correctly to emphasize the feeling?

"I feel frustrated because it seems like no matter how much I paint, there’s still so much more to do."

• I feel frustrated because it seems like no matter how much I paint, there’s still so much more to do.

• I feel frustrated because it seems like no matter how much I paint, there’s still so much more to do.

• I feel frustrated because it seems like no matter how much I paint, there’s still so much more to do.

• I feel frustrated because it seems like no matter how much I paint, there’s still so much more to do.