Italics/Underlining Quiz
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- Italics will be used for names of specific artwork such as paintings and sculptures.
- True
- False
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- "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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.