Library Workshop - Citing in MLA (8th ed.) Assessment

The purpose of this assessment is to gather feedback from students in order to improve the presentation and material for future workshops. Please complete the short questionnaire as your feedback is important to us. Your responses are anonymous and will be kept confidential.

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* 1. In what situations while writing an essay must you include an in-text citation? Choose the best answer.

(A) When you quote an author word-for-word

(B) When you paraphrase an author’s idea using your own words

(D) Both answers A and B

(E) Both answers A and C

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* 2. A student writing her essay quotes information she read on p. 16 of the book Adoption and Surrogate Pregnancy by Faith Merino.

Which of the following uses MLA style to correctly provide an in-text citation for the quoted information? Choose the best answer.

The birth of the first test-tube baby in 1978 opened numerous doors for parents facing infertility.

Assisted reproductive technology has helped parents for nearly 40 years, as Merino observes: “The birth of the first test-tube baby in 1978 opened numerous doors for parents facing infertility” (16).

The author of Adoption and Surrogate Pregnancy notes that the first test-tube baby was born in 1978 and offered new options to infertile parents.

None of the above.

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* 3. Which of the following are true statements about containers in MLA style, 8th edition? Choose the best answer.

A container is another word for the package that information is delivered in.

A container can be a book, a periodical, a web page, or a database.

Sometimes information is in a container packaged within another container.

All of the above.

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* 4. What do you now know about citing in MLA style (8th ed.) that you did not know at the start of the workshop?

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* 5. What is your gender?

Female

Male

Non-binary

Decline to state

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* 6. What is your race or ethnicity?

Asian

American Indian or Alaska Native

Black or African American

Hispanic or Latino

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Middle Eastern or North African

White - Armenian

White - European

Other (not listed)

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* 7. Which of the following groups do you identify with? (Choose as many as applicable)

Receive financial aid

Foster youth

Students with disability

Veterans

None of the above

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* 1. In what situations while writing an essay must you include an in-text citation? Choose the best answer.

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* 2. A student writing her essay quotes information she read on p. 16 of the book Adoption and Surrogate Pregnancy by Faith Merino. Which of the following uses MLA style to correctly provide an in-text citation for the quoted information? Choose the best answer.

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* 3. Which of the following are true statements about containers in MLA style, 8th edition? Choose the best answer.

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* 4. What do you now know about citing in MLA style (8th ed.) that you did not know at the start of the workshop?

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* 5. What is your gender?

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* 6. What is your race or ethnicity?

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* 7. Which of the following groups do you identify with? (Choose as many as applicable)

* 2. A student writing her essay quotes information she read on p. 16 of the book Adoption and Surrogate Pregnancy by Faith Merino.

Which of the following uses MLA style to correctly provide an in-text citation for the quoted information? Choose the best answer.