MLA Paper Formatting Quiz

How should the first paragraph of a research paper be formatted?

• With a full-inch indent

• With a half-inch indent

• With no indent

• With a double indent

What is the minimum number of sentences required in the introduction paragraph?

• Three sentences

• Four sentences

• Five sentences

• Six sentences

What should you do if your information comes from a website without an author?

• Ignore the source

• Use the first word or couple words of the title in quotation marks

• Use the website's URL

• Use the website's logo

What should you do after clicking out of the header field to set line spacing?

• Click on "Page elements"

• Click on "Align & indent"

• Click on "Line & paragraph spacing" and select "Double"

• Click on "Insert"

How should the title of your paper be formatted?

• Bold and underlined

• Italicized

• Center aligned with no font changes

• Left aligned with a size change

What should you do after typing each sentence in a paragraph?

• Hit "enter" immediately

• Use a single spacebar stroke after each endmark

• Change the font style

• Double space the lines

Where should you move your cursor to type your last name in the header?

• In front of the page number

• After the page number

• At the bottom of the page

• In the footer

Where should you types an end mark after finishing a sentence

• immediately after the last letter of the last word

• immediately after hitting the spacebar after the last word

• wherever it looks the best

• after a couple of spaces so it will be visible to the reader

What should you ensure about the boxes labeled "Left" and "Right" in the pop-up menu?

• Both read 1

• Both read 0

• Left reads 0, Right reads 1

• Left reads 1, Right reads 0

What should you do after typing "Works Cited"?

• Change the font size

• Hit enter

• Bold the text

• Underline the text