Using Quotation Marks for Titles

For each of the following sentences, choose the answer that correctly edits for quotation marks around titles of shorter works and underlines book, magazine, or newspaper titles. For help with this exercise, see “Quotation Marks.”

  1. In 2002, Bruce Springsteen released his first new album in years, containing songs like Worlds Apart that dealt with the terrorist attacks on the United States.

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    Using Quotation Marks for Titles - Question 1
  2. The Missing, a review of the Springsteen album in the New Yorker magazine, found Springsteen’s new songs unusual because they did not include many specific details about people, as older Springsteen songs like Born in the U.S.A. had done.

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    Using Quotation Marks for Titles - Question 2
  3. In 2011, Lady Gaga’s song Judas was met with controversy for religious, rather than political, reasons.

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    Using Quotation Marks for Titles - Question 3
  4. In an article titled Lady Gaga’s ‘Judas’ Upsets Religious Groups, the Hollywood Reporter described a Catholic leader’s criticism of the song and Lady Gaga’s video of it.

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    Using Quotation Marks for Titles - Question 4
  5. However, in an article in the British newspaper the Sun, Lady Gaga said how proud she was of the video.

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    Using Quotation Marks for Titles - Question 5
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