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Select the letter of the choice that correctly punctuates the sentence.
1) Science fiction writer Ursula Le Guin writes: “I was raised as irreligious as a jack rabbit, and
probably this is one reason Mark Twain made so much sense to me.”
A) writes “I B) writes, “I C) me”
2) She asks, “Could anybody but Mark Twain have told the story of Adam and Eve without
mentioning Jehovah.”
A) asks: “Could B) Jehovah”? C) Jehovah?”
3) James Joyce‟s response to complaints about his use of vulgar language is this”: This race and
this life produced me-I shall express myself as I am.”
A) this, “This B) this: “This C) I am”.
4) Henry James: The Private Universe is the title of an article written by Graham Greene.
A) Henry James: “The Private Universe
B) „Henry James: The Private Universe‟
C) “Henry James: The Private Universe”
5) Writing about the conclusion of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Toni Morrison
wonders, “Will that undefined space, so falsely imagined as “open,” be free of social chaos,
personal morbidity, and further moral complications embedded in adulthood and citizenship?”
A) „open‟ B) citizenship‟? C) citizenship.”?
6) An early view of the novel Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis concludes with the following
assessment: Artistically, Arrowsmith is an authentic step forward. The novel is full of passages of
a quiet noble felicity and the old skill in presenting character through dialogue never fails.
Babbitt is generic or he is nothing (Stewart 36)
A) Artistically . . . nothing (Stewart 36).
B) “Artistically . . . nothing.” (Stewart 36)
C) “Artistically . . . nothing” (Stewart 36).
7) Hal Holbrook says that “he wasn‟t aware of Mark Twain‟s potential for social commentary
until he was in Little Rock in 1957.”
A) until I was
B) 1957”.
C) No quotation marks needed.
8) In Roughing It, Mark Twain has this to say about the fate of the thousands of young men who
came to Virginia City seeking gold “all gone, or nearly all-victims devoted upon the altar of the
golden calf.”
A) „Roughing It‟ B) gold: “All C) gold. “All
9) According to an early review of D. H. Lawrence‟s Sons and Lovers, “The book is full of
short, vivid descriptions: „The steep swoop of highroad lay in its cool morning dust…”
A) “Sons and Lovers” B) dust…‟ C) dust…‟”
10) “Art itself,” Conrad wrote “may be defined as a single-minded attempt to render the highest
kind of justice to the visible universe.”
A) Conrad wrote, “may B) Conrad wrote. “May
C) Conrad wrote: “may
11) What a brilliant prediction: “Proust will never be a widely read writer.”
A) „brilliant‟ B) “brilliant” C) prediction,
12) “Here again is Kipling‟s old dictum that “East is East and West is West.”
A) „East is East and West is West.‟”
B) „East is East and West is West.‟
C) East is East and West is West.”
13) According to Donald Adams, Light in August is a powerful novel, a book which secures Mr.
Faulkner‟s place in the very first rank of American fiction writers.”
A) “Light in August B) “„Light in August‟ C) “Light in August”
14) Is the following quote about James Joyce‟s Ulysses an elitist remark: “The average
intelligent reader will glean little or nothing from it.”?
A) remark, “The B) from it”? C) from it?”
EXERCISE T: Using Quotation Marks
1) Answer: B
Topic: Direct Quotes
References: PH46a; BPH43a; AWH50a; PHRG44a; SWH46a; LB27a; LDK283; LP33a
2) Answer: C
Topic: Direct Quotes
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3) Answer: B
Topic: Direct Quotes
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4) Answer: C
Topic: Direct Quotes
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5) Answer: A
Topic: Direct Quotes
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6) Answer: C
Topic: Direct Quotes
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7) Answer: C
Topic: Direct Quotes
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8) Answer: B
Topic: Direct Quotes
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9) Answer: C
Topic: Direct Quotes
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10) Answer: A
Topic: Direct Quotes
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11) Answer: B
Topic: Quotation Marks
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12) Answer: A
Topic: Direct Quotes
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13) Answer: A
Topic: Direct Quotes/Titles
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14) Answer: B
Topic: Direct Quotes
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