HIST105 TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
When incorporating a quotation (word-for-word) from a book in one of your essays,
which part of the quote needs to go in single inverted commas (quotation marks)? -
Answers -The entire quote
"Historians have shown that the American Revolution was essentially a conservative
event that unleashed radical changes."
Which common writing error does the above sentence contain? - Answers -Too vague
A thesis statement is: - Answers -a statement of the argument that will be made in the
essay.
"The striking workers were accused of disrupting interstate trade."
Which common writing error does the above sentence contain? - Answers -Passive
voice
Good essay writing practices include: - Answers -having a friend proofread your essay
or reading it out loud to catch possible errors
The ideal way to structure an essay would be: - Answers -Introduction that defines the
key terms in the title question, provides a thesis statement and outlines the necessary
points for investigation; a systematic step-by-step analysis of each point (1 point per
paragraph) and which organises the paragraphs according to related themes; a
conclusion that summarises each of the points before answering the question with a
final statement
Does the following sentence make correct use of punctuation?
George III and his ministers alienated the American colonists. Making it easier for
revolutionaries to win over the public. - Answers -no
Which of the following sentences are written incorrectly? - Answers -Russia defended
it's borders. and Hoover always intended it's vacuum cleaner to revolutionise domestic
life.
The Library has a subscription to the New York Times Archive. What years does this
archive cover? - Answers -1851-2014
Which social historian edited 'Protest and Survive', an anti-nuclear collection of essays?
- Answers -Edward Thompson
Find and access this journal article:
Phifer, Edward, W. "Slavery in Microcosm: Burke County, North Carolina." The Journal
of Southern History. Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1962): 137-165.
What type of source is listed in the third footnote? - Answers -Book
, How many copies of Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (London,
2007) are in the Sydney Jones Library? - Answers -7
The 'Reading List' section of the Library website is designed to: - Answers -Provide
access to module reading lists created by lecturers
Name the library's reference resource you can use to begin your research into
background information, facts and figures or overviews about a person, place or
historical event? - Answers -Discover research starter
Name one of the specialist databases you can use to find secondary criticism written by
Historians - Answers -Project MUSE, Jstor etc
How many numbered issues of the journal Central European History are there in
volume 25, 1992? - Answers -4
Phifer, Edward, W. "Slavery in Microcosm: Burke County, North Carolina." The Journal
of Southern History. Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1962): 137-165.
What type of source is listed in the third footnote? - Answers -Book
How many books on the subject of 'nuclear winter' are held in the University library
collections (physical and ebook)? - Answers -3
How is author name presented differently in a footnote and in a bibliography? - Answers
-In the footnote, author name is presented first name, surname. In the bibliography
author name is presented: surname, first name.
Which of the following go through a peer review process? - Answers -Scholarly journal
articles
You need to cite information found on a webpage. The source does not list a date for
publication or last revision date of the content on the page. What date information is
required in your reference? - Answers -the date you accessed the webpage
Martyn J. Bowden, 'The growth of the central districts in large cities', in The new urban
history: Quantitative explorations by American historians, ed. Leo Schnore (Princeton
University Press, Princeton, 1975), 75-109- What should be in italics - Answers -in the
new urban history...
Chicago Manual of Style requires book titles to be capitalised. - Answers -true
Which of the commas in the following footnote citation should NOT be there?
Katrina Navickas, Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire, 1798-1815, (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2009). - Answers -third comma
When incorporating a quotation (word-for-word) from a book in one of your essays,
which part of the quote needs to go in single inverted commas (quotation marks)? -
Answers -The entire quote
"Historians have shown that the American Revolution was essentially a conservative
event that unleashed radical changes."
Which common writing error does the above sentence contain? - Answers -Too vague
A thesis statement is: - Answers -a statement of the argument that will be made in the
essay.
"The striking workers were accused of disrupting interstate trade."
Which common writing error does the above sentence contain? - Answers -Passive
voice
Good essay writing practices include: - Answers -having a friend proofread your essay
or reading it out loud to catch possible errors
The ideal way to structure an essay would be: - Answers -Introduction that defines the
key terms in the title question, provides a thesis statement and outlines the necessary
points for investigation; a systematic step-by-step analysis of each point (1 point per
paragraph) and which organises the paragraphs according to related themes; a
conclusion that summarises each of the points before answering the question with a
final statement
Does the following sentence make correct use of punctuation?
George III and his ministers alienated the American colonists. Making it easier for
revolutionaries to win over the public. - Answers -no
Which of the following sentences are written incorrectly? - Answers -Russia defended
it's borders. and Hoover always intended it's vacuum cleaner to revolutionise domestic
life.
The Library has a subscription to the New York Times Archive. What years does this
archive cover? - Answers -1851-2014
Which social historian edited 'Protest and Survive', an anti-nuclear collection of essays?
- Answers -Edward Thompson
Find and access this journal article:
Phifer, Edward, W. "Slavery in Microcosm: Burke County, North Carolina." The Journal
of Southern History. Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1962): 137-165.
What type of source is listed in the third footnote? - Answers -Book
, How many copies of Tony Judt, Postwar: A History of Europe Since 1945 (London,
2007) are in the Sydney Jones Library? - Answers -7
The 'Reading List' section of the Library website is designed to: - Answers -Provide
access to module reading lists created by lecturers
Name the library's reference resource you can use to begin your research into
background information, facts and figures or overviews about a person, place or
historical event? - Answers -Discover research starter
Name one of the specialist databases you can use to find secondary criticism written by
Historians - Answers -Project MUSE, Jstor etc
How many numbered issues of the journal Central European History are there in
volume 25, 1992? - Answers -4
Phifer, Edward, W. "Slavery in Microcosm: Burke County, North Carolina." The Journal
of Southern History. Vol. 28, No. 2 (May, 1962): 137-165.
What type of source is listed in the third footnote? - Answers -Book
How many books on the subject of 'nuclear winter' are held in the University library
collections (physical and ebook)? - Answers -3
How is author name presented differently in a footnote and in a bibliography? - Answers
-In the footnote, author name is presented first name, surname. In the bibliography
author name is presented: surname, first name.
Which of the following go through a peer review process? - Answers -Scholarly journal
articles
You need to cite information found on a webpage. The source does not list a date for
publication or last revision date of the content on the page. What date information is
required in your reference? - Answers -the date you accessed the webpage
Martyn J. Bowden, 'The growth of the central districts in large cities', in The new urban
history: Quantitative explorations by American historians, ed. Leo Schnore (Princeton
University Press, Princeton, 1975), 75-109- What should be in italics - Answers -in the
new urban history...
Chicago Manual of Style requires book titles to be capitalised. - Answers -true
Which of the commas in the following footnote citation should NOT be there?
Katrina Navickas, Loyalism and Radicalism in Lancashire, 1798-1815, (Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 2009). - Answers -third comma
