English Grammar Quiz 16

PUNCTUATION: (1) Indicate which marks of punctuation are missing in the circled places in each of the following sentences. Write S (semicolon), C (colon), D (dash), P (parentheses), B (brackets), Q (quotation marks), I (italics), H (hyphen), and A (apostrophe). (2) Place the punctuation the sentence.

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"What poem begins with the line 'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may'? asked the teacher.

(1) Q

(2) "What poem begins with the line 'Gather ye rosebuds while ye may'?" asked the teacher.

For next class, please learn these terms epic, lyric, novel, sonnet, and mot juste.

(1) C, I

(2) For next class, please learn these terms: e̲p̲i̲c̲, l̲y̲r̲i̲c̲, n̲o̲v̲e̲l̲, s̲o̲n̲n̲e̲t̲, and m̲o̲t̲ j̲u̲s̲t̲e̲.

Fred Wohler, a member of the Class of 1996 (Mr. Wohler was valedictorian see the Mobile Register article, May 18, 1996 and president of his class), has been accepted into a noted medical school.

(1) B, I

(2) Fred Wohler, a member of the Class of 1996 (Mr. Wohler was valedictorian [see the M̲o̲b̲i̲l̲e̲ R̲e̲g̲i̲s̲t̲e̲r̲ article, May 18, 1996] and president of his class), has been accepted into a noted medical school.

My uncle is a high ranking officer in the USMC United States Marine Corps.

(1) H, P

(2) My uncle is a high-ranking officer in the USMC (United States Marine Corps).

Haydn, Mozart, and Chopin these musicians, I am sure, are favorites but not everyone fully appreciates the magnitude of their work.

(1) D, S

(2) Haydn, Mozart, and Chopin—these musicians, I am sure, are favorites; but not everyone fully appreciates the magnitude of their work.

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men, I will plead but to tyrants, I will give no quarter. —𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝐿𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑑 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛

(1) S

(2) With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men, I will plead; but to tyrants, I will give no quarter. —𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝐿𝑙𝑜𝑦𝑑 𝐺𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑜𝑛

Knowledge is of two kinds we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. —𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛

(1) C

(2) Knowledge is of two kinds: we know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it. —𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑒𝑙 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑛

Real Liberalism is the title of one of the twenty one chapters in the book entitled 𝐿𝑒𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚: 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑑𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑥 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒.

(1) Q, H

(2) "Real Liberalism" is the title of one of the twenty-one chapters in the book entitled 𝐿𝑒𝑓𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚: 𝐹𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑑𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑑𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑥 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑖𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑠𝑒.

I thought that you oh, I forgot about that.

(1) D

(2) I thought that you—oh, I forgot about that.

For our final presentation, Jen recited "The Windhover" Josh recited "The Convergence of the Twain."

(1) S

(2) For our final presentation, Jen recited "The Windhover"; Josh recited "The Convergence of the Twain."