Comp II - MLA Test questions with
correct answers
Under which circumstances would articles from Time and the New York Times serve as the most
appropriate souces?
A. The assignment calls for authoritative, timely coverage of the current presidential campaign.
B. The assignment calls for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles only.
C. The assignment requires library sources, but your library is closed on Sunday nights and the
paper is due on Monday.
D. The assignment requires you to use only government-sponsored sources. - correct answer
✔✔ A. The assignment calls for authoritative, timely coverage of the current presidential
campaign.
When you paraphrase, you
A. are analyzing someone's idea.
B. are documenting someone's exact words.
C. are putting someone else's idea into your own words.
D. are using someone's exact words. - correct answer ✔✔ C. are putting someone else's idea
into your own words.
Which of the following is a question you might ask as you evaluate the content of a source?
A. How current is the information?
B. Does the author have an academic or professional affiliation?
C. Who is the intended audience of the source?
D. What is the purpose of the source? - correct answer ✔✔ A. How current is the information?
,If you alter a quotation to emphasize a point or to clarify a point, you should
A. identify new material with brackets
B. use brackets with sic to indicate errors in the original.
C. alert your readers by adding parenthetical comments or explanations.
D. All of the above are correct. - correct answer ✔✔ D. All of the above are correct.
When you summarize a source,
A. you need to cite it on a Works Cited page.
B. you need to cite it both in the text by the summary and on a Works Cited page
C. you need to cite it near the summary.
D. you don't need to cite it. - correct answer ✔✔ B. you need to cite it both in the text by the
summary and on a Works Cited page
The following is an MLA citation for a scholarly journal. Which element of the citation is "Public
Space" considered?
Schutt, Will. "Italy: Detecting New Soul in Old Forms." Public Space, vol. 6, 2008, pp. 120--23.
A. Title
B. Title of the container
C. Volume
D. Publisher - correct answer ✔✔ B. Title of the container
Which statement describes a type of plagiarism?
A. Select quotations that fit your message.
B. Write down absolutely all the documentation facts that you'll need for your paper, keeping
careful records as you search for sources.
C. Reproduce a source's sequence of ideas and emphases; present a citation for the source.
, D. Change selected parts of an existing paper and claim the paper as your own. - correct answer
✔✔ D. Change selected parts of an existing paper and claim the paper as your own.
Choose the correctly formatted MLA citation.
A. Burke, David. Received by Mary Burke. "Explosions Outside." 19 April 2013. E-mail.
B. Burke, David. E-mail received by Mary Burke. 19 April 2013.
C. Burke, David. "Explosions Outside." Received by Mary Burke. 19 April 2013. E-mail.
D. Burke, David. 19 April 2013. E-mail received by Mary Burke. - correct answer ✔✔ C. Burke,
David. "Explosions Outside." Received by Mary Burke. 19 April 2013. E-mail.
Which of the following criteria does NOT apply to developing a substantive research question?
A. It requires a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
B. It is a question your audience would find compelling or interesting.
C. It is a question about a subject you find compelling and interesting.
D. It is a question to which you don't already know the answer. - correct answer ✔✔ A. It
requires a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
Which of the following should you survey to decide if the content of a book is pertinent to your
research?
A. Read the first chapter
B. the home page
C. the foreward, preface, or introduction
D. two or three chapters from the middle - correct answer ✔✔ C. the foreward, preface, or
introduction
Which of the following questions can be used to evaluate the purpose of an online source?
A.
Does the author have an academic or professional affiliation?
correct answers
Under which circumstances would articles from Time and the New York Times serve as the most
appropriate souces?
A. The assignment calls for authoritative, timely coverage of the current presidential campaign.
B. The assignment calls for scholarly, peer-reviewed articles only.
C. The assignment requires library sources, but your library is closed on Sunday nights and the
paper is due on Monday.
D. The assignment requires you to use only government-sponsored sources. - correct answer
✔✔ A. The assignment calls for authoritative, timely coverage of the current presidential
campaign.
When you paraphrase, you
A. are analyzing someone's idea.
B. are documenting someone's exact words.
C. are putting someone else's idea into your own words.
D. are using someone's exact words. - correct answer ✔✔ C. are putting someone else's idea
into your own words.
Which of the following is a question you might ask as you evaluate the content of a source?
A. How current is the information?
B. Does the author have an academic or professional affiliation?
C. Who is the intended audience of the source?
D. What is the purpose of the source? - correct answer ✔✔ A. How current is the information?
,If you alter a quotation to emphasize a point or to clarify a point, you should
A. identify new material with brackets
B. use brackets with sic to indicate errors in the original.
C. alert your readers by adding parenthetical comments or explanations.
D. All of the above are correct. - correct answer ✔✔ D. All of the above are correct.
When you summarize a source,
A. you need to cite it on a Works Cited page.
B. you need to cite it both in the text by the summary and on a Works Cited page
C. you need to cite it near the summary.
D. you don't need to cite it. - correct answer ✔✔ B. you need to cite it both in the text by the
summary and on a Works Cited page
The following is an MLA citation for a scholarly journal. Which element of the citation is "Public
Space" considered?
Schutt, Will. "Italy: Detecting New Soul in Old Forms." Public Space, vol. 6, 2008, pp. 120--23.
A. Title
B. Title of the container
C. Volume
D. Publisher - correct answer ✔✔ B. Title of the container
Which statement describes a type of plagiarism?
A. Select quotations that fit your message.
B. Write down absolutely all the documentation facts that you'll need for your paper, keeping
careful records as you search for sources.
C. Reproduce a source's sequence of ideas and emphases; present a citation for the source.
, D. Change selected parts of an existing paper and claim the paper as your own. - correct answer
✔✔ D. Change selected parts of an existing paper and claim the paper as your own.
Choose the correctly formatted MLA citation.
A. Burke, David. Received by Mary Burke. "Explosions Outside." 19 April 2013. E-mail.
B. Burke, David. E-mail received by Mary Burke. 19 April 2013.
C. Burke, David. "Explosions Outside." Received by Mary Burke. 19 April 2013. E-mail.
D. Burke, David. 19 April 2013. E-mail received by Mary Burke. - correct answer ✔✔ C. Burke,
David. "Explosions Outside." Received by Mary Burke. 19 April 2013. E-mail.
Which of the following criteria does NOT apply to developing a substantive research question?
A. It requires a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
B. It is a question your audience would find compelling or interesting.
C. It is a question about a subject you find compelling and interesting.
D. It is a question to which you don't already know the answer. - correct answer ✔✔ A. It
requires a simple "yes" or "no" answer.
Which of the following should you survey to decide if the content of a book is pertinent to your
research?
A. Read the first chapter
B. the home page
C. the foreward, preface, or introduction
D. two or three chapters from the middle - correct answer ✔✔ C. the foreward, preface, or
introduction
Which of the following questions can be used to evaluate the purpose of an online source?
A.
Does the author have an academic or professional affiliation?
