Hacker MLA 7th Edition: Work through the following quiz for homework by highlighting the answers in
your book or on your photocopy. This is important because you will need to know this for a graded
assignment and for ACWR10X 460-522. Note: The pages in (parenthesis) are from the previous edition of Hacker book
(6th Edition: 411-462).
1. What does MLA stand for? 460 & 479 (411)
2. What are the three different acts that are considered plagiarism? 464 (415)
3. What are the three parts of the MLA system of citation? 465 (415-416)
4. What are the tips to avoid plagiarizing when paraphrasing or summarizing? 467 (418)
5. When should you use quotations (five reasons)? 469 (419)
6. What is the ellipsis mark? 470 (419)
7. How should you write and introduce quotations of more than four lines? 471 (420-421)
8. Find and circle the list of verbs for signal phrases in MLA papers. Which page?
9. What is the least you should include to avoid a jolt when using quotations? 474 (422)
10. What should you do the first time you mention a source? 474 (423)
11.
How can you ensure that the reader doesn’t need to guess why you’ve used a quotation? 476 (424-425)
12.
What does a parenthetical reference after the cited material normally include? 479 (427)
13. Why should the author’s last name be mentioned when quoting a source? 479 (428)
14. What are two different ways of naming an author when quoting? 480-481 (428-429)
15. What should you do if there is no page number? 482 (429)
16. Whose name should you mention in the text when quoting from an anthology? 486 (433)
17. How should you refer to an author quoted in another source? 488 (432)
18.
Do you include everything read while preparing an essay when making a works cited list? 490 (435)
19. How do you know which source to start with in your bibliography? 491 (436)
20. How do you normally begin each entry in your works cited list? 491-492 (436)
21. How should you write the title of a book in the works cited list? 493 (439)
22. What are two ways that an editor’s name differs from an author’s name? 497 (439)
23. How should you write the title of a chapter/story in an anthology in the works cited list? 500 (440)
24. How should you write an introduction or foreword in a works cited list? 503 (442)
25. Which comes first the date accessed or the date when the webpage was created? 505 (447)
26. Where do you add the URL for a webpage in the works cited list? 506 (448). Note: URL is required.
27. Should you italicize the name of a journal or the article you are using from it? 507 (444)
28. What should you write if the website in your bibliography has no publisher? 505 (447)
29. In the works cited list, what should you do if your quoted website has no title? 505 (448)
30. Is there any difference between how you write the works cited entry for a short entry from a website
or from an online magazine? 506-507 (452)
31. What are the three things you should include when citing a personal interview? 522 (459)
32. In the works cited list, how should you treat a source from Wikipedia? 513 (462)
33. In your works cited list, what should you do if a web address goes over the page? 464-465
34. What must be the title of your bibliography? 465 (526)
Bring this sheet, the answers and Hacker text to class on Tu 24th Mar for 5 participation points.