English 001A - Reading and Composition » Winter 2021 » MLA Citation Quiz

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Question #1
You have three authors of your source: Amelia Walker, Steve Tromblat, and Joan Arctus. What is the proper way to format their names in your full citation?
A.   Walker, A., & Tromblat, S., Arctus, J.
B.   Walker, Amelia, et al.
C.   Walker, Amelia., & Steve Tromblat., et al.
Question #2
You have a source by Erik Dowager and Lynda Coake. What is the correct way to format the author names in a full MLA citation?
A.   Dowager, Erik, and Lynda Coake.
B.   E. Dowager and L. Coake.
C.   Dowager, E., & Coake, L.
Question #3
You'd like to cite the magazine article: Persistent Cookies and the Government. Which is the correct format for the article title?
A.   Persistent Cookies and the Government.
B.   "Persistent cookies and the government."
C.   "Persistent Cookies and the Government."
Question #4
You are looking at this source citation: Tallchief, Maria and Larry Kaplan. Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina. Henry Holt and Company, 1997, New York. Based on the citation, what type of source is this?
A.   Website
B.   Book
C.   Article in a journal
Question #5
You are citing an article ("Poison Cookies") from the journal Psychoanalytic Dialogues. Which is the container?
A.   the article, "Poison Cookies."
B.   the journal, Psychoanalytic Dialogues.
Question #6
You are citing an essay ("Revenge is Sour") from a published collection of essays (Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays.). Which is the container?
A.   Facing Unpleasant Facts: Narrative Essays.
B.   "Revenge is Sour."
Question #7
Here is the citation for an episode from a TV show: "Chapter 2: The Weirdo on Maple Street." Stranger Things, season 1, episode 2, Netflix, 15 July 2016. Which part is the container?
A.   Netflix.
B.   "Chapter 2: The Weirdo on Maple Street."
C.   Stranger Things.
Question #8
You are citing pages 99-100 of this source: Latartara, John and Melanie Bass. "The Timbre of Thai Classical Singing." Asian Music, vol. 43, no. 2, 2012, pp. 88-114. Project MUSE, doi: 10.1353/amu.2012.0013. What is the proper in-text citation?
A.   (Latartara and Bass 99-100)
B.   (Latartara et al. 99-100)
C.   (Latartara and Bass 2012)
Question #9
You are citing page 26 of this source: Nickels, William, et al. Understanding Canadian Business. 9th ed., McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 2016. What is the proper in-text citation?
A.   (Nickels, 26)
B.   (Nickels et al. 2016)
C.   (Nickels et al. 26)
Question #10
You are citing page 67 from this source: "Anthropological Ethics." Encyclopedia of Ethics, edited by John K. Roth, vol. 1, Salem Press, 2005, pp. 67-69. Which is the proper format for this in-text citation?
A.   (Roth 67)
B.   ("Anthropological Ethics" 67)
C.   ("Anthropological Ethics")

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