Post-Test for Working with Sources

1. Which of the following is the correct direct quote?

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2. Which of the following direct quotations is correctly punctuated?

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3. Which of the following direct quotations is correctly punctuated?

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4. Which of the following direct quotations is correctly punctuated?

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5. Which of the following quotations from Chief Seattle’s “Address” is correctly punctuated?

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Seattle. "Address." Jan. 1854. Speech.

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6. A student chose this quote for an essay:

“Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.”

George Burns

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7. How should a writer revise the following direct quotation?

As Bill Bryson notes in the article “Walking in Sydney,” “[The scarcely used path] lent the whole enterprise the sense of a lucky discovery.” (61)

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Bryson, Bill. “Walking Around Sydney.” In a Sunburned Country. New York: Broadway Books, 2000. 61-63. Print.

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8. What is the purpose of the following summary?

Bill Bryson’s article “Walking Around Sydney,” from his book In a Sunburned Country, recounts an experience he had walking through the city of Sydney, Australia. Bryson takes a short cut through a park, during which he hears two dogs. Frightened of the dogs, Bryson runs from the park back into the city.

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Bryson, Bill. “Walking Around Sydney.” In a Sunburned Country. New York: Broadway Books, 2000. 61-63. Print.

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9. Read the following passage.

As Deborah Kotz relates in the article “How to Boost Your Will Power,” Stanford psychologist Kelly McGonigal claims that hunger negatively affects self-control, so eating regularly is important.

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Kotz, Deborah. “How to Boost Your Will Power.” The Boston Globe. 7 Nov. 2011. Web.

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10. Which of the following is a signal phrase, which tells readers that quoted materials are coming?

William Zinsser makes a comparison that every gardener will recognize: “Fighting clutter is like fighting weeds—the writer is always slightly behind” (12).

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Zinsser, William K. “Clutter.” On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition. New York: HarperCollins, 2006. 12-16. Print.

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