EXERCISE CMS 2–5 Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers

EXERCISE CMS 2–5Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers

Read the following passage and the information about its source. Then decide whether each student sample is plagiarized or uses the source correctly. If the student sample is plagiarized, click on Plagiarized; if the sample is acceptable, click on OK.

ORIGINAL SOURCE

When Claudius died in October 54, at the age of sixty-three, there were several divergent accounts of what had caused his death. But according to the version which subsequently prevailed most widely, [his wife] Agrippina had killed him with poisoned mushrooms. This must be regarded as likely though not quite certain, since accidental loss of life frequently occurs in Italy owing to confusions between the harmless mushroom boletus edulis and the fatal amanita phalloides. Besides Agrippina had cleared the ground adequately for [her son] Nero’s succession, and only had to wait. But perhaps that was just what she dared not do, because if Nero, who was nearly seventeen, did not come to the throne fairly soon, he might no longer be young enough to need her as his effective regent.

From Grant, Michael. The Twelve Caesars. New York: Scribner’s, 1975.

[The source passage is from page 147.]

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EXERCISE CMS 2–5 Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers - 1 of 5: The most likely but not quite certain cause of Claudius’s death, says Grant, was that his wife had killed him with poisoned mushrooms.1

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EXERCISE CMS 2–5 Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers - 2 of 5: To bolster the view that Claudius might have eaten poisoned mushrooms accidentally, Grant notes that many people in Italy still die when they mistake an edible mushroom for a similar-looking but deadly one.2

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EXERCISE CMS 2–5 Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers - 3 of 5: According to Grant, there was no single predominant story but rather “several divergent accounts” of how Claudius died.3

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EXERCISE CMS 2–5 Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers - 4 of 5: Grant argues that Agrippina had prepared the way successfully for her son’s eventual succession and needed only to bide her time until Nero would be emperor, with her acting as regent.4

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EXERCISE CMS 2–5 Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers - 5 of 5: Grant speculates that Agrippina could not wait for Claudius to die naturally because her son, Claudius’s successor, would soon be old enough to rule on his own and would not need his mother as regent.5