Academic Honesty Quiz

Academic Honesty Quiz

Perry Winkle found this in his favorite book, The Puritan Dilemma : "Williams was an avowed Separatist: he felt no attachment whatever to the Church of England. In fact, since the churches of England were contaminated by the admission of unregenerate persons to communion, he could not regard them as churches at all. .... He could not bring himself to soil his new purity by joining in worship with people who, though pure themselves, failed to renounce the impurities of England. ... Here was a Separatist indeed, who would separate not only from erroneous churches but also from everyone who would not denounce erroneous churches as confidently as he did." (The Puritan Dilemma, 109) Perry wrote in his paper: Roger Williams was the perfect example of 'Separatists Gone Wild.' He refused to worship in the Anglican church. He denounced it as a false church. But he also refused to worship with anyone who did not call the Anglican church a false church too. He didn't put a footnote after this sentence. Is this plagiarism?

Answer

Selected Answer: d.

No, because he didn't copy word for word. He paraphrased what he read.

Question 2

5 out of 5 points

When do you NOT need a footnote? (Select all that apply)

Answer

Selected Answers: 2.

When the information is common knowledge ("The Declaration of Independence was written in 1776.")

3.

When you come up with an idea on your own.

Question 3

5 out of 5 points

Sal Amander, a student in HY 203, dates Liz Urd, a history major, who knows a lot about American History and thinks it's fun to chat about history. Liz gives Sal a great idea for his paper. Sal likes the idea, and uses it but doesn't say anything about his girlfriend. Is this academic dishonesty?

Answer

Selected Answer: a.

Yes. The idea wasn't his. It's only fair to give her credit for thinking it first.

Answer Feedback:

Yes! But should he really be calling her sweetie pie?

Question 4

0 out of 5 points

If you borrow an idea from your textbook, what do you need to do to avoid plagiarism?

Answer

Selected Answer: 4.

Use a footnote to show where the idea came from

Question 5

4 out of 4 points

Lucy Goosey, a student in HY 203 writes her paper a few days early, and takes it to the History Writing Center. They help her find a lot of grammatical and spelling mistakes, and they suggest that her thesis statement needs to be a lot clearer. They also suggest that she think about putting some of her paragraphs in a different order, so that her ideas are more clear. Is this plagiarism?

Answer

Selected Answer: c.

No. In fact, it's a good idea to take your paper to the Writing Center. This is one of the ways that you're allowed to get help. She'll probably get a better grade because of this.

Question 6

4 out of 4 points

When should you use a footnote?

Answer

Selected Answer: e.

answers A, B, and C

Question 7

5 out of 5 points

If you borrow a sentence from your textbook, what do you need to do to avoid plagiarism?

Answer

Selected Answer: 2.

Use a footnote and quotation marks

Question 8

4 out of 4 points

George E. Porgie found these sentences in his textbook: "The arrival of peace meanwhile triggered a large population movement from settled parts of the original states into frontier areas like upstate New York and across the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky and Tennessee. To settlers, the right to take possession of western lands and use them as they saw fit was an essential part of American freedom. They paid no heed to Indian land titles and urged the government to set a low price on public land or give it away." (Foner, Give Me Liberty, 215).

George wrote this in his paper: Peace triggered a big population movement from settled parts of the older states into frontier areas. To these settlers, the right to use western lands as they saw fit was an essential part of American freedom. They ignored Indian land titles and asked the government to set cheap prices on public land or give it for free.

He put a footnote, but not quotation marks, because he changed a few of the words. Is this plagiarism?

Answer

Selected Answer: c.

Yes. He changed a few words, such as changing "original" to "older," but nearly all of the words came from Foner. It's not exactly word for word, but he's borrowed a lot of Foner's words, and he hasn't put them into quotation marks.

Question 9

0 out of 5 points

Carrie Mystuff got an idea for her paper from somewhere, but she doesn't remember where. She thinks the idea should be footnoted, so she decided to put a footnote and cite lecture. Is this a form of academic dishonesty?

Answer

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