Research and MLA Citation

 
1. You’re conducting observations for an essay on working conditions in a shirt factory. Which of the following tips does your text offer for doing that effectively? 
    
   A. Skip taking notes since they can influence your opinion.
   B. Visit a different factory first so you can compare the two.
   C. Evaluate your dominant first impressions.
   D. Finalize your thesis before beginning your research.
2.   Which of the following items is not necessary to include in summary notes? 
    
   A. Complete publication information
   B. The time and date you read the source material
   C. Specific examples
   D. All the information that is relevant to your topic and purpose
3.   In which of the following situations would paraphrasing be considered both useful and ethical? 
    
   A. You don’t fully understand what the author is saying.
   B. You wish to make it seem as if the author’s ideas are yours.
   C. You want to use an author’s idea but don’t wish to quote the author directly.
   D. You want to change the author’s meaning.
4.   One way to synthesize information from sources is to 
    
   A. arrange source information according to publication date.
   B. categorize information according to your research questions.
   C. arrange source notes alphabetically by author’s name.
   D. organize source notes in terms of relevance and reliability.
5.   Which type of Internet resource would be the most reliable in providing accurate information? 
    
   A. An online newsgroup dedicated to your topic
   B.

 An email listserv
   C. A general reference site such as Encyclopedia.com
   D. An email you received from your instructor
6.   Which of the following require documentation? 
    
   A. Paraphrases from interviews you’ve personally conducted
   B. Standard definitions of academic terms
   C. Totally original content
   D. Your opinions
7.   Suppose you’re writing a research paper about a study pointing to a breakthrough drug treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. What sort of source information would you need in order to make informed and accurate comments? 
    
   A. General assumptions about previous treatments
   B. Primary source material about people suffering from Alzheimer’s
   C. Information about the group that conducted the study, where the results were published, and how the new drug works
   D. Background information on the causes of Alzheimer’s
8.   Advocates, contends, points out, and states are all examples of      
   A. Citations.
   B. Helping verbs.
   C. Plagiarism.
   D. Signal phrase attributions.
9.   It’s best to avoid using quotations when 
    
   A. the statement expresses an idea that you want to make clear is not your own.
   B. the author’s wording is unusual or noteworthy.
   C. you’re revealing ordinary facts or opinions.
   D. the original words express the exact point you want to make.
10.   If you’re not assigned a topic for a research paper and are working to choose an interesting topic, which of the following terms would you avoid as a criterion for your choice? 
    
   A. Practical
   B. Novel
   C. Manageable
   D. Breaking
11.   According to MLA citation style rules, when citing a book by more than one author, the authors’ names should 
    
   A. follow the title of the book.
   B. be listed in the order in which they appear on the title page.
   C. be listed alphabetically by first name.
   D. be listed alphabetically by last name.
12.   Which of the following would require documentation in an academic research paper? 
    
   A. A statement regarding Thomas Jefferson being the third President of the United States
   B. A photograph from your family reunion
   C. An observation you made while on a field trip to a zoo
   D. A map of Brooklyn, NY found in an atlas
13.   Which of the following is a true statement about an MLA Works Cited page? 
    
   A. The Works Cited page should immediately follow the conclusion and be on the same page.
   B. The Works Cited page requires no special formatting.
   C. The Works Cited page should contain all information you found when completing research.
   D. The Works Cited page should be alphabetized by author’s name.
14.   What should you do if you can’t find all the needed elements for an MLA citation of an Internet source? 
    
   A. Make up the missing information.
   B. List the information that you do find in the normal order and format.
   C. Omit a citation for the source.
   D. Contact the website to get the missing information.
15.   In MLA style, how long must a quote be to be a block quotation? 
    
   A. 50 words or more
   B. More than 8 lines
   C. More than 4 lines
   D. More than 2 lines
16.   When a block quotation is used in a research paper, punctuation _______ the parenthetical citation. 
    
   A. precedes
   B. follows
   C. is omitted from
   D. is set off by a comma from
17.   Publications such as The Lancet, Nature, and American Economic Review are considered 
    
   A. popular sources.
   B. scholarly sources.
   C. reference works.
   D. trade journals.
18.   The final section of a research paper paragraph should include _______, to help readers figure out how the evidence supplied in the body of the paragraph supports the topic. 
    
   A. a quotation
   B. a transition
   C. an analysis
   D. a citation
19.   According to MLA citation style rules, when citing a document on a website, the title of the document is 
    
   A. bolded.
   B. enclosed in quotation marks.
   C. italicized.
   D. italicized and enclosed in quotation mark
20.   Of the following, which is the most important to consider when analyzing and revising an academic paper? 
    
   A. The paper contains many large words.
   B. The opinion is clearly highlighted with emphatic, emotional statements.
   C. The paper will be entertaining for the instructor to read.
   D. The thesis is clear and that the main points support that thesis.