Dr. Prinsky

Engl. 1101

Quiz on Ch. 54 (“Quotation Marks”) in NMHH

Add to 54b1 that a semicolon as well as a period can be used when a “signal phrase” interrupts a quotation of two (or more) main clauses

1. Which of the following is incorrect in the use of quotation marks or the punctuation that goes with quotation marks: (a) Dr. Prinsky told his English classes that “they should read high quality books such as those written by Frank McCourt” (b) Frank McCourt Believes that being Irish worsens what is all too “ordinary” -- a “miserable childhood.” (c) In Angela’s Ashes, Frank McCourt writes, “Worse than the ordinary misrable childhood is the miserable Irish childhood.”

2. Which of the following is correct in the use of quotation marks or the punctuation that goes with quotation marks: (a) Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology says “That is the miracle of Greek mythology -- a humanized world.” (b) Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology says, “That is the miracle of Greek mythology -- a humanized world”. (c) Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology says, “That is the miracle of Greek mythology -- a humanized world.”

3. Which of the following is correct in the use of quotation marks or the punctuation that goes with quotation marks: (a) “The only white people who came to our house were welfare workers and bill collectors” James Baldwin, famous African American author, wrote in his nonfiction book Notes of a Native Son. (b) “The only white people who came to our house were welfare workers and bill collectors,” James Baldwin, famous African American author, wrote in his nonfiction book Notes of a Native Son. (c) “The only white people who came to our house were welfare workers and bill collectors”, James Baldwin, famous African American author, wrote in his nonfiction book Notes of a Native Son.

4. Which of the following is correct in the use of quotation marks or the punctuation that goes with quotation marks: (a) “The first thing that strikes one about [Sylvia] Plath’s journals” writes Katha Pollitt in The Atlantic “is what they leave out.” (b) “The first thing that strikes one about [Sylvia] Plath’s journals,” writes Katha Pollitt in The Atlantic ; “is what they leave out.” (c) “The first thing that strikes one about [Sylvia] Plath’s journals,” writes Katha Pollitt in The Atlantic, “is what they leave out”. (d) “The first thing that strikes one about [Sylvia] Plath’s journals,” writes Katha Pollitt in The Atlantic, “is what they leave out.”

5. Which of the following is correct in the use of quotation marks of the punctuation that goes with quotation marks: (a) “There are at least four kinds of doublespeak,” William Lutz observes. “The first is the euphemism, an inoffensive or positive word or phrase used to avoid a harsh, unpleasant, or distasteful reality.” (b) “There are at least four kinds of doublespeak,” William Lutz observes, “The first is the euphemism, an inoffensive or positive word or phrase used to avoid a harsh, unpleasant, or distasteful reality.” (c) “There are at least four kinds of doublespeak,” William Lutz observes; “The first is the euphemism, an inoffensive or positive word or phrase used to avoid a harsh, unpleasant, or distasteful reality.” (d) a & b (e) a & c

6. Which of the following is correct in the use of quotation marks of the punctuation that goes with quotation marks: (a) Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology credits the Greeks with a shift in the portrayal of gods; “Until then, gods had no semblance of reality.” (b) Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology credits the Greeks with a shift in the portrayal of gods, “Until then, gods had no semblance of reality.” (c) Edith Hamilton in her book Mythology credits the Greeks with a shift in the portrayal of gods: “Until then, gods had no semblance of reality.” (d) b & c

7. Which of the following is correct in the use of quotation marks of the punctuation that goes with quotation marks: (a) Saying that the moth “now knew death,” Virginia Woolf in her essay “The Death of the Moth” contemplates its strangeness. (b) Saying that the moth “. . . now knew death,” Virginia Woolf in her essay “The Death of the Moth” contemplates its strangeness. (c) Saying that the moth, “. . . now knew death,” Virginia Woolf in her essay “The Death of the Moth” contemplates its strangeness. (d) Saying that the moth “. . . now knew death”, Virginia Woolf in her essay “The Death of the Moth” contemplates its strangeness.

8. A block quotation -- five or more typed lines of prose, or four or more lines of a poem,” should get: (a) regular quotation marks (b) single quotation marks (c) offsetting with no quotation marks (d) offsetting with quotation marks

9. Single quotation marks should: (a) be used for most quotations (b) be used when quoting poetry (c) be used for block quotations (d) be used for a quotation within a quotation

Exercise 54.1 (note: glance over the actual document to find out what Stanton says directly and what is summarized within the exercise sentences)

10. 54.1#1 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: “The history of . . . toward woman,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton asserts. “Having . . . over her.” (c) should be: “The history of . . . toward woman,” Elizabeth Cady Stanton asserts; “having . . . over her.” (d) should be: “The history of mankind . . . toward woman”, Elizabeth Cady Stanton asserts, “having . . . over her”.

11. 54.1#2 - (a) correct as is (b) should be “To prove this,” writes Stanton, “let facts be submitted to a candid world.” (c) should be “To prove this”, writes Stanton, “let facts be submitted to a candid world”. (d) should be: “To prove this,” writes Stanton; “let facts be submitted to a candid world.”

12. 54.1#3 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: Stanton argues “that men have oppressed women throughout history.” (c) should be: Stanton argues “that men have oppressed women throughout history”. (d) should be: “Stanton argues ‘that men have oppressed women throughout history.’”

13. 54.1#4 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: “Stanton contends ‘that all laws are subject to natural laws.’” (c) should be: Stanton contends that all laws are subject to natural laws. (d) should be: Stanton contends “that all laws are subject to natural laws”.

14. 54.1#5 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: Stanton resolves “that such laws as . . . validity, for this is superior in obligation to any other.” (c) should be: “Stanton resolves ‘that such laws as . . . validity, for this is “superior to any other.” ‘ “ (d) should be: Stanton resolves “that such laws as conflict . . . validity, for this is ‘superior in obligation to any other.’ “

15. The subject matter of exercise 54.1 could be considered: (a) sociology (b) American history (c) women’s studies (d) b & c

Exercise 54.2

16. 54.2#1 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: “We hold these truths to be self-evident” wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1776. (c) should be: ”We hold these truths to be self-evident,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in 1776.

17. 54.2#2 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: Most Americans can recite their “unalienable rights”: “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” (c) should be: Most Americans can recite their “unalienable rights”: “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”.

18. 54.2#3 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: According to the Declaration of Independence “whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.” (c) should be: According to the Declaration of Independence, “whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it.” (d) should be: According to the Declaration of Independence, “whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it”.

19. 54.2#4 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: The signers of the Declaration of Independence contended that, the “history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states.” (c) should be: The signers of the Declaration of Independence contended that the “history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute tyranny over these states”.

20. 54.2#5 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: What did the creators of this document mean by a “candid world”? (c) should be: What did the creators of this document mean by a, “candid world”?

21. 54.#6 - (a) correct as is (b) should be: Feminists and civil rights advocates have challenged the Declaration’s most famous phrase “-- all men are created equal --” on grounds that these “unalienable rights” were originally extended only to white men who owned property. (c) should be: Feminists and civil rights advocates have challenged the Declaration’s most famous phrase -- “all men are created equal” -- on grounds that these “unalienable rights” were originally extended only to white men who owned property.

22. The subject matter of exercise 54.2 could be considered: (a) political science (b) American history (c) Women’s Studies (d) a,b, and c

Exercise 54.3 Divide up the paragraphs as follows: (a) “On August 28" (b) “According to” (c) “King declared” (d) “This promissory” (e) “King’s speech” (f) “Unlike the” (g) “This stance” (h) “King’s dream” (i) “King challenged” (j) “Nearly fifty” (k) “Are ‘all of God’s children’”

23. 54.3 - a: (a) correct as is (b) should be: delivered his famous, “I Have a Dream” speech (c) should be: delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech

24. 54.3 - b: (a) correct as is (b) should be: According to King, “When the architects . . . to fall heir.” (c) should be: According to King: “When the architects . . . to fall heir.”

25. 54.3 - c: (a) correct as is (b) should be: King declared that, “this note was . . . happiness.” (c) should be: King declared that “this note was . . . happiness”.

26. 54.3 - d: (a) correct as is (b) should be: This promissory note . . . back “marked ‘insufficient funds.’ “ (c) should be: This promissory note . . . back “marked ‘insufficient funds’.”

27. 54.3 - e: (a) correct as is (b) should be: King’s speech . . . to, “make justice a reality.” (c) should be: King’s speech . . . to “make justice a reality”.

28. 54.3 - f: (a) correct as is (b) should be: Unlike the . . . “advocated” nonviolence (c) should be: Unlike the more “militant” leaders

29. 54.3 - g: (a) correct as is (b) should be: This stance . . . the “Negro community” should not drink ‘from the cup of bitterness and hatred’ and that . . . violence (c) should be: This stance . . . the “Negro community” should not drink “from the cup of bitterness and hatred” and that . . . violence

30. 54.3 - h: (a) correct as is (b) should be: King’s dream was uniquely American, “I have a dream . . . creed: ‘We hold . . . equal.’ “ (c) should be: King’s dream was uniquely American: “I have a dream . . . creed: We hold . . . equal.” (d) King’s dream was uniquely American: “I have a dream . . . creed: ‘We hold . . . equal’.”

31. 54.3 - i: (a) correct as is (b) should be: King challenged “all” Americans . . . equality (c) should be: King challenged all Americans . . . “equality.”

32. 54.3 - j: (a) correct as is (b) should be: Nearly fifty years later, “we” must ask . . . a reality. (c) should be: Nearly fifty years later, we must ask “ourselves” if . . . a reality

33. 54.3 - k: (a) correct as is (b) should be: Are “all . . . spiritual, “Free at last! . . . free at last’!”? (c) should be: Are “all . . . spiritual, “Free at last! . . . free at last!’ ”?

34. The subject matter of exercise 54.3 could be considered: (a) Black Studies (b) American history (c) psychology (d) a and b