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You Didn't Take High School English If You Can't Pass This MLA Format Quiz

MLA Format English Bibliography Quiz

The author's [last name](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html)!

When you're citing a book in MLA format, which piece of information do you put first?

Yes, they get a [hanging indent](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html)!

Do citations in MLA-formatted bibliographies get indented?

The only exception is if you're including the date the website was accessed. In that case, the access date would go after the web address.

You would [put it at the end of the citation](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html) with a period after it!

If you were to cite a website in MLA format, what would you do with the web address?

[Alphabetically](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html) by first letter in the citation!

How should you order citations in an MLA-formatted bibliography?

You [wouldn't need](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html) to put the publication date in at all.

(Mouse 17)!

If you were citing page 17 of a book written by Mickey Mouse and published in 1978, what would a proper in-text citation look like in MLA format?

[It would go](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html) in italics after the release date.

You sure would!

If you were to cite an original documentary you saw on Netflix in MLA format, would you include Netflix in your citation?

All of [these sources](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_other_common_sources.html) would be necessary to cite.

None of the above!

If you referenced all of the following in an essay, which would be unnecessary to cite in an MLA-formatted bibliography?

[Left aligned and double spaced](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html)!

Sources in an MLA-formatted "Works Cited" page should be:

The ISBN is [not required](https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html)!

Which of the following pieces of information would be unnecessary if you cited a book in MLA format?

It stands for Modern Language Association!

How many times did your English teacher tell you to actually learn MLA format and you just used a citation-maker instead? A lot, huh? Same. There are too many things to remember! Which comma goes where? How do you format this? It's so much easier to plug all of that information into a citation generator. Otherwise, you'd have to Google this information every single time you wrote a paper.

Skated on citation-makers!

Remembering MLA format is tricky, and you definitely showed that you know a thing or two! While you may have used citation-makers on occasion, you still know how to format a bibliography like an expert, and that's really all that matters.

Citation pro!

Wow, you certainly know bibliographies. I have to give you _credit_ where _credit_ is due! Get it?! Anyways, props to you. You were somehow able to recall exactly how to properly cite sources without googling the answers. You've made millions of English teachers proud!

Citation superstar!

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