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Library Skills 3rd 9 Weeks Review: Works Cited- I-Search Paper

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the spacing of your Works Cited page?

a)

Single

b)

1.25"

c)

Double

d)

1.5"

2.

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

a)

Publication date

b)

Title of the Article

c)

Publisher name

d)

You do not need to cite this source

3.

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

4.

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

a)

Reference Page

b)

Sources

c)

Bibliography

d)

Works Cited

5.

Which of the following should my title be?

a)

Bolded

b)

Centered

c)

Underlined

d)

all of the above are correct

6.

Which part of an MLA citation should be in quotation marks?

a)

Title of article

b)

Title of website

c)

Publisher

d)

Date

7.

The author's name should be arranged...

a)

First name, last name

b)

Last name, first name

c)

Last name only

d)

First name only

8.

Which of the following author names is correctly formatted for an MLA works cited page?

a)

Gary Johnson

b)

Gary, Johnson

c)

Johnson Gary

d)

Johnson, Gary

9.

Hanging indent is when everything is indented except for

a)

the last line

b)

the first line

c)

the second line

d)

the second and third line

10.

Which title is capitalized correctly?

a)

china's left behind children

b)

China's left behind Children

c)

China's Left behind children

d)

China's Left Behind Children

11.

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

a)

Jenny Douglas

b)

Eric Hunter

c)

Greg Harper

d)

Dee Thomas

12.

How many sources are required in a Works Cited page?

a)

A minimum of 2

b)

At least 3

c)

A minimum of 4

d)

As many as are used in the paper or presentation

13.

The reason a hanging indent is helpful is because

a)

It makes the Works Cited page attractive

b)

It makes the first word of each entry stand out

c)

It improves a student's technology skills

d)

It makes citations look like paragraphs

14.

If my citation has no author

a)

the title is preceded by 5 dash marks

b)

the citation is indented 5 spaces

c)

citations without authors appear at the end of the works cited page

d)

the citation begins with the title at the left margin

15.

Why is the works cited page in the image incorrect?

a)

The "Works Cited" heading is centered

b)

It is not alphabetized

c)

The spacing is incorrect.

d)

It includes too much information

16.

What is missing from this Works Cited entry?

a)

Author

b)

URL

c)

Date

d)

Publisher

17.

Identify the Publisher.

a)

The Washington Post

b)

WP Company

c)

WP Co.

d)

Washington Post

18.

Where is the mistake in this citation?

a)

The Publisher

b)

The Title

c)

The Author

d)

The URL

19.

What is the font size for most MLA documents?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

16

20.
Works Cited is a complete listing of all your sources.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
21.
What font size is used in MLA 8 formatting?
a)
10
b)
8
c)
11
d)
12
22.
What is the FIRST step when formatting your paper?
a)
Insert you heading information
b)
Insert your header
c)
Create your Works Cited page
d)
Make sure you are using Times New Roman, 10 pitch font
23.
Using MLA formatting, each paragraph is ___________ 
a)
Underlined
b)
Centered
c)
Left justified
d)
Indented
24.
On your Works Cited page, what punctuation is needed at the end of each entry? 
a)
period
b)
comma
c)
colon
d)
space
25.
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
26.
Which of the following should my title be? 
a)
Bolded 
b)
Centered 
c)
Underlined 
d)
all of the above are correct
27.
Which is the correct format for entering the date in your heading?
a)
December 1 2017
b)
1 December, 2017
c)
1 December 2017
d)
2017 December 1
28.

What's essential when you're deciding on a research topic?

a)

that you like the topic

b)

that there's a website on the topic

c)

that there's a lot of videos on the topic

d)

that no one has heard of the topic

29.

You are doing research in a large library. What source would you not expect to find there?

a)

an encyclopedia

b)

the internet

c)

old letters

d)

journal articles

30.

Which website would be considered the most credible?

a)

one sponsored by a club

b)

one sponsored by a college

c)

one sponsored by a person

d)

one sponsored by a store

31.

What is the purpose of the bibliography?

a)

To define words the reader may not know.

b)

To tell the reader where to find specific ideas in your paper.

c)

To tell where your facts and quotes came from.

d)

To give credit to your librarian for helping you.

32.

Why would you do pre-search?

a)

to evaluate possible research topics

b)

to judge the credibility of sources

c)

to provide a list of sources used

d)

to organize your thoughts

33.

When should you cite a source?

a)

each time you write an idea that is your own

b)

each time you write a fact or idea that's not your own

c)

each time you write a word that a reader may not know

d)

each time you include your own photo or drawing

34.

How do you show that a sentence is a quote from another source?

a)

underline it

b)

put it in boldface

c)

put it in italics

d)

surround it with quotation marks

35.

Which statement is true?

a)

If you quote less than three lines from a book, you don't have to cite it.

b)

If you quote information from the web site, you don't have to cite it.

c)

If you quote information from a print or digital source, you must cite it.

d)

If you cite your opinion in your research paper, you must cite it.

36.

In a works cited, you list

a)

every source that you mentioned in a paper.

b)

only the sources that you found online.

c)

only the books that you used to write a paper.

d)

ideas that you came up with by yourself.

37.

A works cited helps your readers by

a)

explaining why you wrote the paper.

b)

restating the thesis of your paper.

c)

allowing them to use your sources to do their own research.

d)

allowing them to plagiarize your sources in their own papers.

38.

Which of the following should you put in a works cited page if you included them in a paper?

a)

statistics

b)

pictures

c)

other author's opinions

d)

all of the above

39.

Below is a citation for an book with one author. Identify the publisher.

Naruto, Jaycee. The Moon at Noon. Cylinder, 2009.

a)

Jaycee

b)

Naruto

c)

Cylinder

d)

The Moon at Noon

40.

Below is a citation for a web article. Identify the name of the article.

Kirkman, Kim. "Revenge of the Spinach." Foodie, 18 Mar., 2014, foodiemage.com/revenge-of-spinach. Accessed 12 May 2016.

a)

"Revenge of the Spinach."

b)

Foodie.

c)

Kirkman, Kim.

d)

foodiemag.com/revenge-of-spinach

41.

using different words to say the same idea *

a)

cite

b)

analyze

c)

paraphrase

d)

summarize

42.

Which author's name should come first on the works cited page?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Edgar Allen Poe

c)

J.K. Rowling

d)

Jules Verne

43.

Why do we need a works cited page?

a)

Because Ms. Merritt says so.

b)

To add length to your essay.

c)

To stress out students.

d)

To allow your reader to track down the sources you used by citing them accurately.

44.

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

a)

True

b)

False

45.

According to the citation below, what page can the article be found on?

Jones, Beverly. "Hollywood Producer Linda Obst Expects Record Profits for Summer of 2002". Good Housekeeping,

16 Apr. 2004, p. 10

a)

16

b)

2002

c)

2003

d)

10

46.

Where is a works cited page located in an essay?

a)

Beginning, the first page.

b)

Middle, to break up body paragraphs.

c)

End, the last page.

47.

MLA stands for:

a)

Many Liars Anonymous

b)

Modern Language Association

c)

My Library's Awesome

d)

Multiple Large Aardvarks

48.

Which author's name should come first on the works cited page?

a)

Gary Soto

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

William Sleator

d)

John Smith

49.

A works cited should include a variety of source types when possible.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

What happens if you forget to include a works cited page?

a)

Nothing, it's not all that important.

b)

The essay counts as plagiarism and your grade may be lowered.