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MLA Citation Schmoop

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does MLA stand for?

a)

Modern Language Association

b)

Monkey Lovers Association

c)

Military Leave Annotation

d)

Mystical Lore Analysis

2.

MLA papers require a title page.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

MLA in text citations include:

a)

Author's Last Name, Page Number

b)

Page Number, Author's Last Name

c)

Publisher, Date of Copyright

4.

Which is correct?

a)

"Blah blah blah (Wilson, 1)."

b)

"Blah blah blah" (Wilson, 1).

c)

(Wilson, pg. 1) "Blah blah blah."

5.

Parenthetical citation is always ________the quotation mark.

a)

After

b)

Before

c)

Underneath

6.

The page number is always _________ the parentheses.

a)

Inside

b)

Outside

c)

Above

7.

The period is always _________ the parentheses.

a)

after

b)

before

c)

second star to the left and straight on till morning.

8.

When quoting more than 4 lines of prose or 3 lines of verse, you indent the entire body of the quote together. This is called a _______ quote.

a)

Block

b)

Long

c)

Unnecessary

d)

Space waster

9.

The page at the end where all your sources are listed is called:

a)

The Works Cited Page

b)

The Bibliography

c)

The Appendix

d)

The Epilogue

10.

What order are sources listed in?

a)

Date of access

b)

Alphabetically by title.

c)

Date of Publish

d)

Alphabetically by author's last name.

11.

How should sources be formatted on the page?

a)

Hanging indent

b)

Center Align

c)

Left Align

d)

Right Align

12.

What should margins be set to?

a)

1 inch

b)

1.5 inch

c)

Whatever makes the paper look long enough.

13.

Which of the following are not acceptable fonts for academic writing?

a)

Times New Roman

b)

Arial

c)

Helvetica

d)

Indie Flower

14.

What is the proper line spacing?

a)

Double spaced throughout.

b)

Mostly single spaced, but double space between paragraphs.

c)

However the copy and paste function happens to land it on my page is fine.