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MLA Documentation

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

MLA documentation exists to help you not ______________

a)

plagiarize

b)

steal

c)

get annoyed

d)

a and b

2.

Which option of the in-text citation format is correct?

a)

(Smith 54)

b)

(Smith, 54)

c)

(Smith, 24 Jan. 1999)

d)

(Smith 24 Jan. 1999)

3.

The title of the book should be enclosed in quotation marks.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The title of a magazine should be italicized.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

an alphabetized list of publication information for sources referenced in a work (MLA)

a)

works cited

b)

periodical

c)

reference page

d)

foot notes

6.

When documenting a single author in parenthetical documentation, which is correct?

a)

This point has been argued before and has proven to be "quite successful." (Glenn Frye, 197)

b)

This point has been argued before and has proven to be "quite successful" (Frye 197).

c)

This point has been argued before and has proven to be "quite successful. (Frye 197)"

d)

This point has been argued before and has proven to be "quite successful" (Frye, 197).

7.

When documenting a work by a single author whose name you have already mentioned in the sentence, which is the correct parenthetical documentation?

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).

8.

True or False: Wikipedia is an acceptable, credible source to use for research.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

If you have used information from a source and have not used a citation, you have plagiarized/stolen their information.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

In MLA documentation, you put the title of a book

a)

in italics or underlined

b)

in quotation marks

c)

in parenthesis

d)

it doesn't need any demarcation