AP Style: Quiz #2

Please cut and paste into a Word document the quiz posted below, and then answer the following questions and send me the complete Word document by email. This is an open-book quiz; you can and should use your AP Stylebook to look up the answers. Your deadline is no later than 9 a.m. Monday, Aug. 15 to omars@msu.edu. Good luck!

NAME ____________________________________________________________________________

AP STYLE QUIZ #2

Below are various words, phrases, numbers and sentences. If they comply with AP style rules, please mark them as TRUE, or T. If they do not, mark them as FALSE, or F. Good luck!

AGES

____ 1. He was 30-years-old.

____ 2.  The 12-year-old boy is young.

____ 3. He just had his forty-eighth birthday.

____ 4. My cat is 4 years old.

NUMBERS

____ 5. I have one belly button.

____ 6.  Fifty-five people are alive.

____ 7. One, two, 3.

____ 8. The car sped from zero to 100 mph.

TITLES

____ 9. I read “Sports Illustrated” magazine.

____ 10 The Governor is here.

____ 11. President Barack Obama is the president.

____ 12. Lieutenant Dan Smith is a cool guy.

____ 13. Dan Smith is a Lieutenant.

____ 14. Capt. Crunch is my favorite cereal.

____ 15. Who has a copy of The State News?

SYMBOLS

____ 16. You have a 50% chance of getting this right.

____ 17. And this one is 50 percent, too.

NAMES

____ 18. Joe Schmo is fat. Schmo doesn’t know why.

____ 19. Joe Schmo and Jane Schmo were divorced after Jane left Joe.

____ 20. Joe Schmo has a kid, 3-year-old Bobby.

____ 21. Bobby Schmo has a sister, Becky Schmo.

MISCELLANEOUS

____ 22. The Centers for Disease Control says we will all die.

____ 23. The realtor sold me an old house.

____ 24.  The C.I.A. is hiring spies right now.

____ 25. Let’s go MSU!

FINAL GRADE: ______ / 25