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MLA Formatting

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which font must be used for a paper to be in MLA format?

a)

Chalkduster

b)

Times New Roman

c)

Comic Sans

d)

Papyrus

2.

How do you write the date in MLA format?

a)

8/22/18

b)

August 22, 2018

c)

22 August 2018

d)

22, August, 2018

3.

What should the spacing be in an MLA formatted essay?

a)

2.0

b)

1.5

c)

1.0

d)

0.5

4.

What is the font size for most MLA documents?

a)

10

b)

12

c)

14

d)

16

5.

What is included in the first line of the heading?

a)

the date

b)

the teacher's name

c)

the class and period

d)

your name

6.

What is the second line of a heading?

a)

the teacher's name

b)

the date

c)

the class and period

d)

your name

7.

What is the third line of the heading?

a)

your name

b)

the date

c)

the class period and name of class

d)

the teacher's name

8.

What is the 4th line of the heading?

a)

the class period

b)

the teacher's name

c)

your name

d)

the date

9.

Where do the page numbers go?

a)

at the top left corner of each page

b)

at the bottom middle of each page

c)

at the top right corner of each page

d)

at the bottom left of each page

10.

How do you show a new paragraph is starting?

a)

Indent using tab

b)

Indent using the space bar

c)

Put an extra space using the enter key

d)

Intend using tab AND using an extra space with the enter key

11.
What is the name of the page where you give credit to authors whose work you used in a paper?
a)
Reference Page
b)
Works Cited
c)
Bibliography 
d)
Sources
12.
You do not need to include in-text citations when summarizing or paraphrasing information from an outside source. 
a)
True
b)
False
13.

Direct quotations MUST be put in between..

a)

(Parenthesis)

b)

"Quotation Marks"

c)

[Brackets]

d)

...ellipses...

14.

What must be included in an in-text citation?

a)

Author's full name and page number

b)

Author's last name and page number

c)

Page number

d)

Hyperlink to the source

15.

a line or block of text appearing at the top of each page of a book or document.

a)

COUNTERCLAIM

b)

DATA

c)

FONT

d)

HEADER

16.

which of the following IS NOT plagiarism

a)

not citing a quote from an author

b)

quoting someone's work in your essay and providing both the in-text citation and "Works Cited' citation

c)

paraphrasing an author's work and not citing the reference in your paper

d)

paraphrasing the author's work, citing then in the paper, but not listing them on your "Works Cited"

17.

In academic writing you always use...

a)

First Person

b)

Second Person

c)

Third Person

d)

Fourth Person

18.

The upper right hand corner should contain your

a)

page numbers.

b)

last name.

c)

first name and page numbers.

d)

last name and page numbers.

e)

first name.

19.

Where is the title positioned?

a)

center

b)

far left

c)

far right

d)

indented right

20.

What is the first paragraph of a paper or essay supposed to be?

a)

conclusion

b)

body 1

c)

thesis

d)

introduction