In-text citations quiz 2
Click True or False for each of the citation assertions below.
Correct answers are highlighted green, incorrect red.
Authors | |
TrueFalse | Unknown - use "Anon." for anonymous. |
TrueFalse | Unknown - cite by the title. |
TrueFalse | Only provide the author's initial(s) for the given name(s) when citing another source by an author with the same surname. |
TrueFalse | Always provide the author's initial(s) for the given name(s). |
TrueFalse | You can omit honorary or academic titles, e.g. Lady, Lord, Dr., and Ph.D. |
Multiple Authors | |
TrueFalse | Two authors - only name the first one, i.e. (Vice 228). |
TrueFalse | Two authors - name them both, i.e. (Vice and Malseed 228). |
TrueFalse | Three authors - only name the first one, i.e. (Murphy 25). |
TrueFalse | Three authors - only name the first one, followed by "et al." i.e. (Murphy et al. 25). |
TrueFalse | Three authors - name them all, i.e. (Murphy, Kondrashev, and Bailey 25).. |
TrueFalse | Four or more authors - only name the first one, i.e. (Daly 152). |
TrueFalse | Four or more authors - only name the first one, followed by "et al." i.e. (Daly et al. 152). |
TrueFalse | Four or more authors - name them all, i.e. (Daly, Hand, Jones, Lunn, and McConway 152).. |
Two or More Sources by the Same Author | |
TrueFalse | Cite by both the author's name and the respective title. |
Titles | |
TrueFalse | Cite by the title when the author is unknown. |
TrueFalse | Cite by the title when citing two or more sources by the same author. |
TrueFalse | When citing the title, always italicize it. |
TrueFalse | When citing the title, always include it in inverted commas. |
TrueFalse | When citing the title, italicize it if it is a long work such as an entire book, film, or website. |
TrueFalse | When citing the title, include it in inverted commas if is a short work such as an article or webpage. |
Indirect Sources (citing a source cited within a source) | |
TrueFalse | You are not allowed to cite a source cited in another source. |
TrueFalse | You are encouraged to go to the original source and cite it. |
TrueFalse | Refer to the author of the original source in the body of the sentence and provide in parentheses the page number (if available) of the source that cites it, i.e. Mirabeau insisted that they were there "by the will of the people…" (37). |
TrueFalse | Refer to the author of the original source in the body of the sentence and provide in parentheses the author (preceded by "qtd. in") and page number (if available) of the source that cites it, i.e. Mirabeau insisted that they were there "by the will of the people…" (qtd. in McGowen 37). |
TrueFalse | Ignore the author of the original source and cite the source that cites it as usual. |
Punctuation | |
TrueFalse | When providing both the author's name and page number in a parenthetical citation, separate the two with a comma, i.e. (Bolt, 64). |
TrueFalse | When providing both the author's name and page number in a parenthetical citation, no comma is necessary to separate the two, i.e. (Bolt 64). |
TrueFalse | Two authors - (Vise and Malseed 239). |
TrueFalse | Two authors - (Vise; Malseed 239). |
TrueFalse | Three authors - (Murphy, Kondrashev, and Bailey 25). |
TrueFalse | Three authors - (Murphy, Kondrashev and Bailey 25). |
TrueFalse | Four or more authors - Daly et al. suggest that... (25). |
TrueFalse | Four or more authors - (Daly et al. 25). |
TrueFalse | The full stop is placed before the parenthetical citation. |
TrueFalse | The full stop is placed after the parenthetical citation. |
TrueFalse | For a long quotation (longer than four lines), start a new line and have the entire quotation indented by one inch from the left margin. |
TrueFalse | For a long quotation (longer than four lines), start a new line and have the entire quotation included in inverted commas and indented by one inch from the left margin. |
TrueFalse | For a long quotation, the full stop is placed before the parenthetical citation. |
TrueFalse | For a long quotation, the full stop is placed after the parenthetical citation. |
TrueFalse | Multiple citations - (Kershaw 112; Layton 89). |
TrueFalse | Multiple citations - (Kershaw 112 and Layton 89). |
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