Modern Language Association Documentation Exam

Kelli McBride

Instructions: Use your handbook to answer the following questions. Each question is worth 10 points. To submit answers, number a document 1-10 and place your letter choice after each. Submit this document under the MY ASSIGNMENT listing for this exam.

Section A: Identify which choice best formats the information as a work cited entry.

1. Book with two to three authors:

a. Rosenfeld, Louis, and Joseph Janes. The Internet Compendium. New York: Neal, 1995. 1-340. Print.

b. Rosenfeld, Louis, and Janes, Joseph. The Internet Compendium. New York: Neal, 1995. Print.

c. Rosenfeld, Louis, and Joseph Janes. (1995). The Internet Compendium. New York: Neal. Print.

d. Rosenfeld, Louis, and Joseph Janes. The Internet Compendium. New York: Neal, 1995. Print.

2. A selection from an anthology (print):

a. Marvell, Andrew. "To His Coy Mistress." Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. M. H. Abrahms, et al. 4^th ed. New York: Norton, 1979. Print.

b. Marvell, Andrew. Norton Anthology of English Literature. "To His Coy Mistress." Ed. M. H. Abrahms, et al. 4^th ed. New York: Norton, 1979. 978-79. Print.

c. Marvell, Andrew. "To His Coy Mistress." Norton Anthology of English Literature. Ed. M. H. Abrahms, et al. 4^th ed. New York: Norton, 1979. 978-79. Print.

d. Abrahams, M. H., eds. et al. "To His Coy Mistress." By Andrew Marvell. Norton Anthology of English Literature. 4^th ed. New York: Norton, 1979. 978-79. Print.

3. An article in a national newspaper (print):

a. Perry, Tony. "Big Cat Fight." Los Angeles Times 8 Mar. 1996: B1. Print.

b. Perry, Tony. Los Angeles Times "Big Cat Fight." 8 Mar. 1996: B1. Print.

c. Tony Perry. "Big Cat Fight." Los Angeles Times 8 Mar. 1996: B1. Print.

d. Perry, Tony. "Big Cat Fight." Los Angeles Times March 8, 1996: B1. Print.

4. A short work with a title (Web):

a. The American Voice. "Issues and Allegations." 27 Apr. 2004. Web. 30 Aug. 2007.

b. "Issues and Allegations." The American Voice. The American Voice, 27 Apr. 2004. Web. 30 Aug. 2007.

c. "Issues and Allegations." The American Voice. <http://www.amervoice04.org/agr/cool.htm>.

d. "Issues and Allegations." <http://www.amervoice04.org/agr/cool.htm>.

Section B: Identify which answer correctly formats a parenthetical notation for the given work cited entry:

5. Hansen, Kevin. Cougar: The American Lion. Flagstaff: Northland, 1992. Print.

a. (Kevin Hansen p. 23).

b. (Hansen, 23).

c. (Hansen 23).

d. (Hansen pg. 23).

6. Binde, Per. "Gambling and Religion." GamblingIssues.org. Gambling Issues, 30 Aug. 2007. Web. 4 July

2010.

a. (www.camh.net).

b. (Binde 1).

c. (Binde, Per 1).

d. (Binde).

7. "Accountability and Testing." National Education Association. 2006. Web. 12 Dec. 2009.

a. (“Accountability”).

b. (“Accountability” 1).

c. (National Education Association).

d. (http://www.nea.org/accountability/index.html).

8. Giusta, Marsha, Philip Rondies, and Dillon Abbot. Taking the Hard Road. Cambridge: MIT, 2008. Print.

a. (Giusta, et al. 45).

b. (Giusta, Rondies, and Abbot 45).

c. (Giusta, Rondies, and Abbot p. 45).

d. (Giusta, Rondies & Abbot, 45).

Section C: Answer the following questions concerning general documentation.

9. If you use parenthetical documentation in your essay for a quote of less than 4 lines long, and you do not include a works cited page, you have:

a. Indirect Source quotation.

b. Short quotation.

c. Incomplete MLA documentation, a technical form of plagiarism.

d. Long/block quotation.

10. If an essay includes a works cited page with print sources but no parenthetical notions, the result is

a. Correct documentation if the essay has only used summaries and not quotations.

b. Incomplete MLA documentation, a technical form of plagiarism.

c. Correct as long as each work is identified once in the paper, though other citations are used.