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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 citing multiple sources in a sentence.
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Question 1 of 5
1. Question
1. Does the following example show correct in-text citations?
In 2013 Alan Liu observed that the digital humanities was “vigorously forming an identity” (“Meaning” 409); by 2020 that identity was fully formed, and Liu was able to turn to the matter of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” (“Toward a Diversity Stack” 130).
Works Cited
Liu, Alan. “The Meaning of Digital Humanities.” PMLA, vol. 128, no. 2, Mar. 2013, pp. 409–23.
———. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 13–51.
Correct
Answer: Yes
Explanation: There is more than one work by Alan Liu in the sentence, so you need to indicate in prose or in parentheses the title of each work.
Incorrect
Answer: Yes
Explanation: There is more than one work by Alan Liu in the sentence, so you need to indicate in prose or in parentheses the title of each work.
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Question 2 of 5
2. Question
2. Does the following example show correct in-text citations?
In 2013 Alan Liu observed in “The Meaning of Digital Humanities” that the digital humanities was “vigorously forming an identity” (409); by 2020 that identity was fully formed, and in another work Liu was able to turn to the matter of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” (130).
Works Cited
Liu, Alan. “The Meaning of Digital Humanities.” PMLA, vol. 128, no. 2, Mar. 2013, pp. 409–23.
———. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
Correct
Answer: No
Explanation: There is more than one work by Alan Liu cited in the sentence, but the sentence names only one title. The writer needs to indicate in prose or in parentheses the title of each work.
In 2013 Alan Liu observed that the digital humanities was “vigorously forming an identity” (“Meaning” 409); by 2020 that identity was fully formed, and Liu was able to turn to the matter of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” (“Toward a Diversity Stack” 130).
In 2013 Alan Liu observed in “The Meaning of Digital Humanities” that the digital humanities was “vigorously forming an identity” (409); by 2020 that identity was fully formed, and Liu was able to turn, in “Toward a Diversity Stack,” to the matter of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” (130).
Works Cited
Liu, Alan. “The Meaning of Digital Humanities.” PMLA, vol. 128, no. 2, Mar. 2013, pp. 409–23.
———. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
Incorrect
Answer: No
Explanation: There is more than one work by Alan Liu cited in the sentence, but the sentence names only one title. The writer needs to indicate in prose or in parentheses the title of each work.
In 2013 Alan Liu observed that the digital humanities was “vigorously forming an identity” (“Meaning” 409); by 2020 that identity was fully formed, and Liu was able to turn to the matter of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” (“Toward a Diversity Stack” 130).
In 2013 Alan Liu observed in “The Meaning of Digital Humanities” that the digital humanities was “vigorously forming an identity” (409); by 2020 that identity was fully formed, and Liu was able to turn, in “Toward a Diversity Stack,” to the matter of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” (130).
Works Cited
Liu, Alan. “The Meaning of Digital Humanities.” PMLA, vol. 128, no. 2, Mar. 2013, pp. 409–23.
———. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
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Question 3 of 5
3. Question
3. Does the following example show correct in-text citations?
In a special issue on digital humanities in PMLA, Alan Liu writes about how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” (130), and Lauren Klein examines “the current use and future potential of quantitative methods in literary studies” (23).
Works Cited
Klein, Lauren F. “Dimensions of Scale: Invisible Labor, Editorial Work, and the Future of Quantitative Literary Studies.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 23–39.
Liu, Alan. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
Correct
Answer: Yes
Explanation: There are works by two different authors cited in the sentence, so the authors’ names need to be provided in prose or in parentheses.
Incorrect
Answer: Yes
Explanation: There are works by two different authors cited in the sentence, so the authors’ names need to be provided in prose or in parentheses.
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Question 4 of 5
4. Question
4. Does the following example show correct in-text citations?
In a special issue on digital humanities in PMLA, topics range from a discussion of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” to an examination of “the current use and future potential of quantitative methods in literary studies” (Liu; Klein).
Works Cited
Klein, Lauren F. “Dimensions of Scale: Invisible Labor, Editorial Work, and the Future of Quantitative Literary Studies.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 23–39.
Liu, Alan. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
Correct
Answer: No
Explanation: Page numbers for quotations from paginated print works must be provided in parenthetical citations.
In a special issue on digital humanities in PMLA, topics range from a discussion of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” to an examination of “the current use and future potential of quantitative methods in literary studies” (Liu 130; Klein 23).
Works Cited
Klein, Lauren F. “Dimensions of Scale: Invisible Labor, Editorial Work, and the Future of Quantitative Literary Studies.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 23–39.
Liu, Alan. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
Incorrect
Answer: No
Explanation: Page numbers for quotations from paginated print works must be provided in parenthetical citations.
In a special issue on digital humanities in PMLA, topics range from a discussion of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” to an examination of “the current use and future potential of quantitative methods in literary studies” (Liu 130; Klein 23).
Works Cited
Klein, Lauren F. “Dimensions of Scale: Invisible Labor, Editorial Work, and the Future of Quantitative Literary Studies.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 23–39.
Liu, Alan. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
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Question 5 of 5
5. Question
5. Does the following example show correct in-text citations?
In a special issue on digital humanities in PMLA, topics range from a discussion of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” to an examination of “the current use and future potential of quantitative methods in literary studies” (Liu 130; Klein 23).
Works Cited
Klein, Lauren F. “Dimensions of Scale: Invisible Labor, Editorial Work, and the Future of Quantitative Literary Studies.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 23–39.
Liu, Alan. “The Meaning of Digital Humanities.” PMLA, vol. 128, no. 2, Mar. 2013, pp. 409–23.
———. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
Correct
Answer: No
Explanation: There are two works by Liu in the works-cited list, so you must specify which work by Liu is being cited by providing the title in the citation.
In a special issue on digital humanities in PMLA, topics range from a discussion of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” to an examination of “the current use and future potential of quantitative methods in literary studies” (Liu, “Toward a Diversity Stack” 130; Klein 23).
Works Cited
Klein, Lauren F. “Dimensions of Scale: Invisible Labor, Editorial Work, and the Future of Quantitative Literary Studies.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 23–39.
Liu, Alan. “The Meaning of Digital Humanities.” PMLA, vol. 128, no. 2, Mar. 2013, pp. 409–23.
———. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.
Incorrect
Answer: No
Explanation: There are two works by Liu in the works-cited list, so you must specify which work by Liu is being cited by providing the title in the citation.
In a special issue on digital humanities in PMLA, topics range from a discussion of how the field might contribute to “a humanities vision of diversity” to an examination of “the current use and future potential of quantitative methods in literary studies” (Liu, “Toward a Diversity Stack” 130; Klein 23).
Works Cited
Klein, Lauren F. “Dimensions of Scale: Invisible Labor, Editorial Work, and the Future of Quantitative Literary Studies.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 23–39.
Liu, Alan. “The Meaning of Digital Humanities.” PMLA, vol. 128, no. 2, Mar. 2013, pp. 409–23.
———. “Toward a Diversity Stack: Digital Humanities and Diversity as Technical Problem.” PMLA, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 2020, pp. 130–51.