Italics/Underlining Quiz

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  1. Which word(s) in the following sentence should be italicized: "I read the poem The Raven by Poe from the book The Complete Works of Poe," commented John.
    • The Raven
    • The Complete Works of Poe
    • commented John
    • Complete Works of Poe
    • Titles of books/novels require italics.
  2. Foreign expressions and words (such as carpe diem) need to be italicized
    • True
    • False
    • All foreign words or expressions should be italicized. Do not italicize the English translation, however.
  3. Which word(s) in the following sentence should be italicized: The Daily Times is our local newspaper; however, I only read short stories such as The Lottery.
    • The Daily Times
    • The Lottery
    • Daily Times
    • Daily Times / newspaper
    • The is not part of the title of newspapers and magazines.
  4. Does the word misspelled have three s's or only two? The word misspelled is the only word(s) in sentence that needs to be italicized.
    • True
    • False
  5. Which of the following needs to be italicized?
    • the titles of poems
    • the titles of songs
    • the names of planes, trains, and ships
    • the names of authors
    • The names of planes, trains, and ships needs italics while poems and songs need quotation marks.
  6. Which word(s) need to be italicized in the following sentence: I read a novel (The Lonely One), a short story (War), and an article (Once Upon a Time) over the break.
    • The Lonely One, War, Once Upon a Time
    • Once Upon a Time, War
    • novel, short story, article
    • The Lonely One
  7. Italics will be used for names of specific artwork such as paintings and sculptures.
    • True
    • False
  8. American Gothic is a famous painting by Grant Wood; The Thinker is a famous sculpture by Auguste Rodin. American Gothic and The Thinker should both be italicized.
    • True
    • False
  9. The Wall Street Journal is a newspaper. The word the (The Wall Street Journal) should be italicized as part of the title of the newspaper?
    • True.
    • False.
    • The is never included as part of the title of both newspapers and magazines.
  10. The U.S.S. Arizona was sunk by the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor. Which word(s) should be italicized?
    • U.S.S. Arizona
    • Pearl Harbor, Japanese
    • Arizona
    • U.S.S. Arizona, Pearl Harbor
    • The entire/complete name of a ship should be italicized.
  11. "The Russian said 'niet' to my question," answered the boy. Which word(s) should be italicized?
    • Russian
    • niet
    • Russian, niet
    • answered the boy
    • Actual foreign expressions/words are italicized.
  12. Johnny's Home was the 100th episode of The Good Home, a TV show about a boy and his dog during World War II. What word(s) should be italicized?
    • Johnny's Home, World War II
    • Johnny's Home, World War II, The Good Home
    • Johnny's Home, The Good Home
    • The Good Home
    • The title of TV shows are italicized.
  13. Which one of the following DOES NOT require italics?
    • titles of songs
    • titles of novels
    • titles of encyclopedias
    • titles of dictionaries
    • Songs make up albums/CDs; therefore, they should have quotation marks.
  14. Which one of the following DOES NOT require italics?
    • titles of operas
    • titles of plays
    • episode names (TV)
    • titles of novels
    • Episodes make up TV shows; therefore, episodes require quotation marks.
  15. Which one of the following DOES require italics?
    • titles of songs
    • titles of short stories
    • titles of sculptures
    • titles of articles
    • Artwork (such as paintings and sculptures require italics.
  16. Which one of the following DOES require italics?
    • titles of a movie
    • titles of acts/scenes
    • titles of episodes
    • titles of articles
    • Titles of movies need italics while acts/scenes, episodes, and artivles need quotation marks.
  17. Which word(s) needs to be italicized in the following sentence: I read The Mockingbird by Walter Tevis while at Ohio University.
    • Ohio University
    • The Mockingbird
    • Walter Tevis
    • no word(s) needs italics
    • Book titles need italics.
  18. The Bismarck, the Hindenburg, and the Tripitz were ships used by Germany during the 1900s. Which word(s) needs to be italicized?
    • Germany
    • Bismarck, Hindenburg, Tripitz
    • The Bismarck, The Hindenburg, The Tripitz
    • no word(s)
    • The names of ships need to be italicized.

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