Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Ministry of higher Education
AL Majmaah University
Az Zulfi College of Education
Department of English
Research Methods
Course Instructor: Dr. Abdelfattah Ghazel
I.
Organize the following books into a bibliography using the MLA Style
sheet. (20 marks)
Year
Publisher
Author
Medium of
publication
Place of
publication
Edition
1. King Lear
1978
Penguin
Books
William
Shakespeare
Print
London
4th
2. Moon Palace
2010
Longman
Paul Auster
Web.
Oxford
3rd
3. The Great
War
4. American
English
2009
Green Press
Peter Bloom
Print
New York
1st
1980
Penguin
Books
Raymond
Murphey
Web.
London
3rd.
5. Me and the
Screen
6. Modern
Issues
2012
Webster
Lewis Fennel Print
New York
1st
2000
Penguin
Books
John Adams
Print
London
1st
7. Look Back In
Anger
2001
Penguin
Books
John
Osborne
Print
New York
2nd
8. The Old Man
and the Sea
1956
Harvard Press
Ernest
Hemingway
Web
Boston
1st
9. Telling Tales
2013
Rutledge
Michel
Bakhtin
Print
Rome
2nd
10. Lolita
1980
Penguin
Books
Vladimir
Nabokov
Print
Moscow
3rd
Book Title
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II. In the following bibliography, there is ONE mistake in every title find the mistake
and correct it. ( 2 marks x5 =10 marks)
1. Cohn, Dorrit. The Distinction of Fiction. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 1999.
Web.
2. Connor, Steven. Rewriting Wrong: On the Ethics of Literary Reversion. London, OUP,
1989. Print.
3. Defoe, Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. Edited by John Richetti. Penguin books: London, 4th
ed, 2001. Print.
4. Gallagher, Susan VanZanten. A Story of South Africa: J. M. Coetzee’s Fiction in
Context. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Press, Print,1991.
5. Gallagher, Susan VanZanten. Narrating Narrating: Twisting the Twice-Told Tale: Berlin:
Gutenberg Press, 2nd edition, 2010. Web.
III. MLA documentation: in-text citations . ( 2 marks x5 =10 marks)
Circle the letter of the MLA in-text citation that is handled correctly.
1. The student is quoting from page 26 of the following source:
Hawley, Richard A. Thinking about Drugs and Society: Responding to an Epidemic.
New
York: Walker, 1988. Print.
a. Richard A. Hawley reports that although the ancient Chinese used marijuana for
medical purposes, “there is no record of the Chinese using it as a pleasure-producing
drug” (26).
b. Richard A. Hawley reports that although the ancient Chinese used marijuana for
medical purposes, “there is no record of the Chinese using it as a pleasure-producing
drug.” (26)
2. The student is summarizing information from page 63 of the following source:
Henningfield, Jack E., and Nancy Almand Ator. Barbiturates: Sleeping Potion or
Intoxicant? New York: Chelsea, 1986. Print.
a. Drugs classified as Schedule I by the Drug Enforcement Administration are illegal, even
for medical purposes, but they are allowed in authorized experiments (Henning-field
63).
b. Drugs classified as Schedule I by the Drug Enforcement Administration are illegal, even
for medical purposes, but they are allowed in authorized experiments (Henningfield and
Ator 63).
3. The student is citing a statistic that appeared in the following unsigned article:
“Cross-Eyed and Painless.” Economist 6 July 1991: 89. Print.
a. Nearly half of 1,035 oncologists surveyed in 1991 said that if smokable marijuana were
legal for cancer patients, they would prescribe it (Economist 89).
b. Nearly half of 1,035 oncologists surveyed in 1991 said that if smokable marijuana were
legal for cancer patients, they would prescribe it (“Cross-Eyed” 89).
4. The student is quoting from page 79 of the following source:
Marshall, Eliot. Legalization: A Debate. New York: Chelsea, 1988. Print.
There are two works by Marshall in the list of works cited.
a. Marshall explains that marijuana can be dangerous for people with heart conditions
because its use “can dramatically increase heart rate and blood pressure” (Legalization
79).
b. Marshall explains that marijuana can be dangerous for people with heart conditions
because its use “can dramatically increase heart rate and blood pressure” (79).
5. The student is quoting from page 67 of the following source:
Marshall, Eliot. Legalization: A Debate. New York: Chelsea, 1988. Print.
There are two works by Marshall in the list of works cited.
a. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed marijuana to be used in
experiments with patients suffering from glaucoma. According to one expert, “Several
studies since 1971 have shown that smoking marijuana causes the pressure within the eye
to decrease and to remain at a lowered level for about five hours” (Legalization 67).
b. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed marijuana to be used in
experiments with patients suffering from glaucoma. According to one expert, “Several
studies since 1971 have shown that smoking marijuana causes the pressure within
the eye to decrease and to remain at a lowered level for about five hours” (Marshall,
Legalization 67).
6. The student is quoting from page 8 of the following article:
Hecht, Brian. “Out of Joint: The Case for Medicinal Marijuana.” New Republic 15 July
1991: 7-9. Print.
a. Brian Hecht sums up the debate over the medical use of marijuana in three questions:
“(1) Is the drug safe? (2) Does it work? and (3) How does it compare with other available
drugs” (8)?
b. Brian Hecht sums up the debate over the medical use of marijuana in three questions:
“(1) Is the drug safe? (2) Does it work? and (3) How does it compare with other available
drugs?” (8).
7. The student is citing page 13 of the following article, written by six authors, from an
online scholarly journal:
Campbell, Fiona A., et al. “Are Cannabinoids an Effective and Safe Treatment Option
in the Management of Pain? A Qualitative Systematic Review.” BMJ 323.7303
(2001): n. pag. Web. 6 Mar. 2005.
a Fiona A. Campbell et al. summarize the results of scientific studies on the effectiveness
and safety of using marijuana for medical purposes.
b Fiona A. Campbell summarizes the results of scientific studies on the effectiveness and
safety of using marijuana for medical purposes.
All The Best