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EXERCISE 32-1 MLA documentation: in-text citations To read about how touse and format MLA in-text citations, see 32a in A Pocket Style Manual, Fifth Edition.

Circle the letter of the MLA in-text citation that is handled correctly. Example:

The student is quoting from page 26 of the following source:

Hawley, Richard A. Thinking about Drugs and Society: Responding to an Epidemic. New York:

Walker, 1988. Print.

a. “The use of cannabis has been traced back four thousand years to ancient China,” writes

Richard A. Hawley (26).

b. “The use of cannabis has been traced back four thousand years to ancient China,” writes

Richard A. Hawley (p. 26).

1. The student is quoting from page 26 of the following source:

Hawley, Richard A. Thinking about Drugs and Society: Responding to an Epidemic. New

York: Walker, 1988. Print.

a. Richard A. Hawley reports that although the ancient Chinese used marijuana

for medical purposes, “there is no record of the Chinese using it as a pleasure-

producing drug” (26).

b. Richard A. Hawley reports that although the ancient Chinese used marijuana

for medical purposes, “there is no record of the Chinese using it as a pleasure-

producing drug.” (26)

2. The student is summarizing information from page 63 of the following source:

Henningfield, Jack E., and Nancy Almand Ator. Barbiturates: Sleeping Potion or Intoxi-

cant? New York: Chelsea, 1986. Print.

a. Drugs classified as Schedule I by the Drug Enforcement Administration are illegal,

even for medical purposes, but they are allowed in authorized experiments (Henning-

field 63).

b. Drugs classified as Schedule I by the Drug Enforcement Administration are illegal,

even for medical purposes, but they are allowed in authorized experiments (Henning-

field and Ator 63).

32-1 / MLA documentation: in-text citationsAdapted from Hacker, Working with Sources: Exercises to AccompanyA Writer’s Reference, 6th ed. (Boston: Bedford, 2009)

3. The student is citing a statistic that appeared in the following unsigned article:

“Cross-Eyed and Painless.” Economist 6 July 1991: 89. Print.

a. Nearly half of 1,035 oncologists surveyed in 1991 said that if smokable marijuana were

legal for cancer patients, they would prescribe it (Economist 89).

b. Nearly half of 1,035 oncologists surveyed in 1991 said that if smokable marijuana were

legal for cancer patients, they would prescribe it (“Cross-Eyed” 89).

4. The student is quoting from page 79 of the following source:

Marshall, Eliot. Legalization: A Debate. New York: Chelsea, 1988. Print.

There are two works by Marshall in the list of works cited.

a. Marshall explains that marijuana can be dangerous for people with heart conditions

because its use “can dramatically increase heart rate and blood pressure” (Legalization 79).

b. Marshall explains that marijuana can be dangerous for people with heart conditions

because its use “can dramatically increase heart rate and blood pressure” (79).

5. The student is quoting from page 67 of the following source:

Marshall, Eliot. Legalization: A Debate. New York: Chelsea, 1988. Print.

There are two works by Marshall in the list of works cited.

a. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed marijuana to be used in exper-

iments with patients suffering from glaucoma. According to one expert, “Several stud-

ies since 1971 have shown that smoking marijuana causes the pressure within the eye

to decrease and to remain at a lowered level for about five hours” (Legalization 67).

b. The US Drug Enforcement Administration has allowed marijuana to be used in exper-

iments with patients suffering from glaucoma. According to one expert, “Several

studies since 1971 have shown that smoking marijuana causes the pressure within

the eye to decrease and to remain at a lowered level for about five hours” (Marshall,

Legalization 67).

6. The student is citing a statistic from the following short work from a Web site:

United States. Dept. of Justice. Drug Enforcement Administration. “Drug Intelligence

Brief: Mexican Marijuana in the United States, September 1999.” US Drug Enforce-

ment Administration. DEA, 10 Oct. 2001. Web. 3 Mar. 2005.

a. The Drug Enforcement Administration of the US Department of Justice reports that

marijuana use among young people age twelve to seventeen in the United States nearly

doubled in the 1990s from 4.3% to 8.3%.

32-1 / MLA documentation: in-text citationsAdapted from Hacker, Working with Sources: Exercises to AccompanyA Writer’s Reference, 6th ed. (Boston: Bedford, 2009)

b. The Drug Enforcement Administration of the US Department of Justice reports that

marijuana use among young people age twelve to seventeen in the United States nearly

doubled in the 1990s from 4.3% to 8.3% (n. pag.).

7. The student is citing a statistic from the following short work from a Web site:

United States. Dept. of Justice. Drug Enforcement Administration. “1990-1994.” US

Drug Enforcement Administration. DEA, 12 Oct. 2001. Web. 5 Mar. 2005.

a. According to a report by the United States Justice Department’s Drug Enforcement

Administration, marijuana in the 1990s was about five times more potent than the

marijuana of the 1960s.

b. According to a government report, marijuana in the 1990s was about five times more

potent than the marijuana of the 1960s (Drug Enforcement Administration).

8. The student is quoting Rabbi Isaac P. Fried from page 38 of the following newspaper

article:

Treaster, Joseph B. “Healing Herb or Narcotic? Marijuana as Medication.” New York

Times 14 Nov. 1993: 38+. Print.

a. “I consider this [alleviating acute pain and nausea] a need that has to be filled,” says

Rabbi Isaac P. Fried of New York of his administration of marijuana to suffering

patients. “Should I buckle under the fear of an archaic law that doesn’t deal with the

present needs of the 1990’s?” (qtd. in Treaster 38).

b. “I consider this [alleviating acute pain and nausea] a need that has to be filled,” says

Rabbi Isaac P. Fried of New York of his administration of marijuana to suffering

patients. “Should I buckle under the fear of an archaic law that doesn’t deal with the

present needs of the 1990’s?” (Treaster 38).

9. The student is quoting from page 8 of the following article:

Hecht, Brian. “Out of Joint: The Case for Medicinal Marijuana.” New Republic 15 July

1991: 7-9. Print.

a. Brian Hecht sums up the debate over the medical use of marijuana in three questions:

“(1) Is the drug safe? (2) Does it work? and (3) How does it compare with other available

drugs” (8)?

b. Brian Hecht sums up the debate over the medical use of marijuana in three questions:

“(1) Is the drug safe? (2) Does it work? and (3) How does it compare with other available

drugs?” (8).

32-1 / MLA documentation: in-text citationsAdapted from Hacker, Working with Sources: Exercises to AccompanyA Writer’s Reference, 6th ed. (Boston: Bedford, 2009)

10. The student is citing page 13 of the following article, written by six authors, from an online

scholarly journal:

Campbell, Fiona A., et al. “Are Cannabinoids an Effective and Safe Treatment Option

in the Management of Pain? A Qualitative Systematic Review.” BMJ 323.7303

(2001): n. pag. Web. 6 Mar. 2005.

a. Fiona A. Campbell et al. summarize the results of scientific studies on the effectiveness

and safety of using marijuana for medical purposes.

b. Fiona A. Campbell summarizes the results of scientific studies on the effectiveness and

safety of using marijuana for medical purposes.

32-1 / MLA documentation: in-text citationsAdapted from Hacker, Working with Sources: Exercises to AccompanyA Writer’s Reference, 6th ed. (Boston: Bedford, 2009)