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This quiz is intended to support the In-Text Citations in MLA Format video course on MLA Handbook Plus. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of complex in-text citations.
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1. Does the following example show a correct in-text citation?
A recent article explores the influence of pedagogy on the literary canon (Buurma).
Work Cited
Buurma, Rachel Sagner, and Laura Heffernan. “The Classroom in the Canon: T. S. Eliot’s Modern English Literature Extension Course for Working People and The Sacred Wood.” PMLA, vol. 133, no. 2, Mar. 2018, pp. 264–81.
Correct
Answer: No
Explanation: Since the work has two authors, both authors’ names must be included in prose or parentheses in the in-text citation.
A recent article explores the influence of pedagogy on the literary canon (Buurma and Heffernan).
A recent article by Rachel Sagner Buurma and Laura Heffernam explores the influence of pedagogy on the literary canon.
Work Cited
Buurma, Rachel Sagner, and Laura Heffernan. “The Classroom in the Canon: T. S. Eliot’s Modern English Literature Extension Course for Working People and The Sacred Wood.” PMLA, vol. 133, no. 2, Mar. 2018, pp. 264–81.
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Answer: No
Explanation: Since the work has two authors, both authors’ names must be included in prose or parentheses in the in-text citation.
A recent article explores the influence of pedagogy on the literary canon (Buurma and Heffernan).
A recent article by Rachel Sagner Buurma and Laura Heffernam explores the influence of pedagogy on the literary canon.
Work Cited
Buurma, Rachel Sagner, and Laura Heffernan. “The Classroom in the Canon: T. S. Eliot’s Modern English Literature Extension Course for Working People and The Sacred Wood.” PMLA, vol. 133, no. 2, Mar. 2018, pp. 264–81.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2. Does the following example show a correct in-text citation?
A recent book debunks the idea that “total war” is a twentieth-century concept (David Bell).
Works Cited
Bell, Daniel. The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism. Basic Books, 1996.
Bell, David A. The First Total War: Napoleon’s War and the Birth of Warfare As We Know It. Houghton Mifflin, 2007.
Correct
Answer: Yes
Explanation: Since there are two authors in the works-cited list with the last name “Bell” and the first initial “D,” when you cite one of the authors, you must include the author’s full first name in prose or parentheses.
Incorrect
Answer: Yes
Explanation: Since there are two authors in the works-cited list with the last name “Bell” and the first initial “D,” when you cite one of the authors, you must include the author’s full first name in prose or parentheses.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
3. Does the following example show a correct in-text citation?
The MLA Style Center provides helpful guidance on plagiarism.
Work Cited
“Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty.” MLA Style Center, Modern Language Association of America, 2020, style.mla.org/plagiarism-and-academic-dishonesty/.
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Answer: No
Explanation: The MLA Style Center does not key to the first element of the entry. The first element in the entry is the title of the source, so the citation must include a short form of the title.
The MLA Style Center provides helpful guidance on plagiarism (“Plagiarism”).
Work Cited
“Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty.” MLA Style Center, Modern Language Association of America, 2020, style.mla.org/plagiarism-and-academic-dishonesty/.
Incorrect
Answer: No
Explanation: The MLA Style Center does not key to the first element of the entry. The first element in the entry is the title of the source, so the citation must include a short form of the title.
The MLA Style Center provides helpful guidance on plagiarism (“Plagiarism”).
Work Cited
“Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty.” MLA Style Center, Modern Language Association of America, 2020, style.mla.org/plagiarism-and-academic-dishonesty/.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
4. Does the following example show a correct in-text citation?
Hollywood has frequently portrayed artistic couples—most recently, singers (Star)—who struggle when one half of the couple becomes more successful than the other.
Works Cited
A Star Is Born. Directed by Bradley Cooper, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2018.
A Star Is Born. Directed by William Wellman, Selznick International Pictures, 1937.
Correct
Answer: No
Explanation: Since there are two works listed under the title A Star Is Born in the works-cited list, you must provide additional information to let your reader know which work you are citing. Usually, this is the first unique piece of information in the entry—in this case, the director’s name, Cooper.
Hollywood has frequently portrayed artistic couples—most recently, singers (Star [Cooper])—who struggle when one half of the couple becomes more successful than the other.
Works Cited
A Star Is Born. Directed by Bradley Cooper, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2018.
A Star Is Born. Directed by William Wellman, Selznick International Pictures, 1937.
Incorrect
Answer: No
Explanation: Since there are two works listed under the title A Star Is Born in the works-cited list, you must provide additional information to let your reader know which work you are citing. Usually, this is the first unique piece of information in the entry—in this case, the director’s name, Cooper.
Hollywood has frequently portrayed artistic couples—most recently, singers (Star [Cooper])—who struggle when one half of the couple becomes more successful than the other.
Works Cited
A Star Is Born. Directed by Bradley Cooper, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 2018.
A Star Is Born. Directed by William Wellman, Selznick International Pictures, 1937.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
5. Does the following example show a correct in-text citation?
A recent study examines the ways that immigrant Latinx families claim transnational identities within the public spaces of libraries (Dávila et al.).
Work Cited
Dávila, Denise, et al. “The Latinx Family: Learning y La Literature at the Library.” Bilingual Review / La revista bilingüe, vol. 33, no. 5, May 2017, pp. 33–49. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com.
Correct
Answer: Yes.
Explanation: For a work with more than two authors, the entry is listed under the first author’s name followed by et al. You must either mention the author’s name followed by “and colleagues” or “and others” in your prose or list the author’s name followed by et al. in parentheses in order to key your citation to the entry.
Incorrect
Answer: Yes.
Explanation: For a work with more than two authors, the entry is listed under the first author’s name followed by et al. You must either mention the author’s name followed by “and colleagues” or “and others” in your prose or list the author’s name followed by et al. in parentheses in order to key your citation to the entry.