Free Printable MLA Review

1.

What is the font size for most MLA documents?

a)

8

b)

10

c)

12

d)

14

2.

What is the title of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper?

a)

Reference Page

b)

Works Cited

c)

Citations

d)

Sources

3.

The first page of an MLA document includes:

a)

Student name
Teacher Name
Date

b)

Student Name
Date

c)

Student Name
Title of paper
Date

d)

Student name
Teacher name
Course
Date

4.

What kind of spacing should your essay have?

a)

Single

b)

Double

c)

1.5

d)

Multiple

5.

Which of the following fonts is acceptable for MLA formatting?

a)

Wingdings

b)

Times New Roman

c)

Brain Flower

d)

Lucida Handwriting

6.

Which of the following should my title be?

a)

Bolded

b)

Centered

c)

Underlined

d)

all of the above are correct

7.

Should your "Works Cited" page be at the end of your essay, or on its own page at the very end?

a)

It should follow the last line after your essay body.

b)

It should be on its own page at the very end.

8.

True or False: Punctuation used to end the quote should be used after the parenthetical citation.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

What are the margins in MLA reports?

a)

.5"

b)

1"

c)

1.5"

d)

2"

10.

Which of the following date formats are correct for MLA reports?

a)

11/9/2015

b)

November 9, 2015

c)

9 November, 2015

d)

9 November 2015

11.

Each paragraph is _____ at the beginning.

a)

right aligned

b)

centered

c)

indented

d)

single spaced

12.

What information does the header NOT include?

a)

first name

b)

last name

c)

space

d)

page number

13.

What is contained in the header?

a)

Your first & last name

b)

Your first name & page number

c)

Your last name & page number

d)

Your ID number & page number

14.

True or false? Only direct quotes need to be cited.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

A MLA in-text/paranthetical citation should be located:

a)

just after the information being cited

b)

just before the information being cited

c)

at the bottom of the page

d)

on the last page of the paper

16.

Identify the correct parenthetical citation for this source:
Tannen, Deborah. The Argument Culture. Toronto:
Random House, 1998.

a)

Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen 7).

b)

Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (7).

c)

Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (The Argument Culture 7).

d)

Every issue we see discussed on television appears to be set up as an argument: "In the argument culture, criticism, attack, or opposition are the predominant if not the only ways of responding to people or ideas" (Tannen, p. 7).

17.

True or False: You do not need to include in-text citations when summarizing or paraphrasing information from an outside source.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

What information do you include if there is no known author of a source?

a)

Publication date

b)

Title of the source

c)

Publisher name

d)

You do not need to cite this source

19.

How is the Works Cited page arranged?

a)

Alphabetically, by title of the work

b)

Alphabetically, by the author's first name

c)

Alphabetically, by the author's last name

d)

By publication year

20.

You put your in-text citation inside of...

a)

"quotation marks"

b)

(parentheses)

c)

[brackets]

d)

$dollar signs$

21.

A direct quotation (or quote) is using someone else's exact words in writing.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Direct quotes are good to use as...

a)

Claim

b)

Evidence

c)

Reasoning

d)

Don't use them, it is plagiarism.

23.

True or false: It's okay to drop in a quote all by itself, without any of your own words before.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Which in-text citation is formatted correctly?

a)

"Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky pp 55).

b)

"Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation (Kurlansky 55)."

c)

"Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation." (Kurlansky 55)

d)

"Darwin pointed out that nature would have to stop overpopulation" (Kurlansky 55).

25.

How are entries organized on a Works Cited page?

a)

Alphabetically

b)

In the order they appear in the paper.

c)

By length

d)

Randomly

26.

One purpose of a Works Cited page is to

a)

Show readers from where your information came.

b)

To add length to a paper.

c)

To stress out students

d)

To prove information in the paper is true.

27.

When citing a website, MLA requires the URL to be included.

a)

True

b)

False

28.

Which Author's name should come first on the works cited page:

a)

Alex Harper

b)

Jenny Andrews

c)

Decise Thomas

d)

Eric West

29.

True or False: Google and Wikipedia are excellent sources to put in your works cited list.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

You only use “et al.” when you are citing a text with more than three authors.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

What is a "works cited"?

a)

Parenthetical information within a paper indicating where you got your information

b)

A numbered list of the resources you used for a project

c)

An alphabetized list of the resources you used for a project

32.

What should I do if no author is given for the work I am citing?

a)

Omit the author's name and list only the page number.

b)

Use "anonymous" in place of the author's name.

c)

Use the year of publication in place of the author's name.

d)

Use an abbreviated form of the title in place of the author's name

33.

In-text citations appear where in the paper?

a)

After the title

b)

In the beginning

c)

In the end.

d)

throughout

34.

The ................ and page number are included in an in-text citation.

a)

author's last name

b)

URL adress

c)

author's first name

d)

publication date

35.

If you don't have an author to cite, what do you do for an in-text citation?

a)

Use the title of the article, and WRITE IT IN ALL CAPS

b)

Use the URL address

c)

Use the title fo the article and write it in quotes

d)

just skip it and do nothing.

36.

MLA stands for

a)

More Love Always

b)

Modern Language Association

c)

Modern Language Approach

d)

Manifestation Language Association

37.

Which one is correct?

a)

24 September 2021

b)

September 24th, 2021

c)

24 September, 2021

d)

2021 September 24

38.

The margins of your document should be set to...

a)

It doesn't matter

b)

1 inch

c)

1/2 inch

d)

1 1/2 inches

39.

The Works Cited page should always appear immediately following the conclusion paragraph.

a)

True

b)

False

40.

Your citations should be listed in alphabetic order.

a)

True

b)

False

41.

A hanging indent should be created when a citation is longer than _____ line(s).

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

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