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MLA Citations

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II. Quiz:
1. Plagiarism is defined as:
  a. The intentional use of others' words or ideas without citation.
  b. The unintentional use of others' words or ideas without citation.
  c. Claiming others' words or ideas as your own.
  d. All of the above.
 
2. The currency of your topic will decide what sources of information are available.
  a. True
  b. False
 
3. One reason to document your sources is to create a scholarly record of other's works.
  a. True
  b. False
 
4. A citation is information which identifies a source used in a research paper.
  a. True
  b. False
 
5. In-text citations are cross-references to a works cited page.
  a. True
  b. False
 
6. There are specific rules of citation depending on the format of the information source.
  a. True
  b. False
 

7. The following is a correct format for in-text citation without a named author:

("Hacking of America" 10).
  a. True
  b. False
 
8. If a quotation is more than four typed lines, the quotation should be indented 10 spaces from the left margin and double spaced.
  a. True
  b. False
 

9. The following is the correct MLA citation format for a book:

Stephenson, Kleber. Windows XP Killer Tips. Indianapolis, IN:
New Riders, 2003. Print.
  a. True
  b. False
 

10. The following is the correct MLA citation format for an article retrieved from the electronic database Expanded Academic ASAP:

Kaser, Dick. "Spam, Privacy, and the Art of Free Speech."
Information Today 20.6: 16.
  a. True
  b. False
 



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