MLA Style Quiz 1

MLA stands for ____.  

• Modern Language Association 
• Ms. Lohrentz is Awesome
• Midwest Language Association
• Middle Language Association

Works cited pages are organized _____ by _____ .  

• alphabetically, author's last name
• alphabetically, title
• chronologically, date of publication
• chronologically, date you accessed the source

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The title of a works cited page should be        "  ______ "

• WORKS CITED
• Works Cited
• My Works Cited
• [title of my paper] Works cited

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

MLA margins are exactly _____ . 

• 1 inch
• 1/2 inch
• 3/4 inch
• 1 1/2 inch

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The font(s) allowed in MLA style are _____ . 

• Times New Roman
• Times New Roman, Arial or Georgia
• Any serif font
• Any font 

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The date in MLA format is ordered as _____ . 

• 10, January, 2016
• 10 January 2016
• January 10, 2016
• 2016 - January, 10th

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The proper punctuation for the title of a magazine article is ____ .  

• quotation marks 
• underlined 
• italicized and quotation marks
• underlined or italicized

Tags

CCSS.L.5.2D

An MLA paper is ______ .  

• single-spaced 
• 1.5 inches between lines
• double-spaced
• either single or double-spaced

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A block quote should be used when a quote is more than ____ lines long.  

• 3
• 4
• 5
• 10

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The second line of the citation on a works cited page is _____ .  

• justified with the left margin
• justified with the right margin 
• indented 10 spaces 
• indented 5 spaces

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9