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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England! |
| | B) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England. |
| | C) | Essex was one of the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba. |
| | B) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba! |
| | C) | Wasn't Enrique Granados, the Spanish composer and pianist, born in Cuba? |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair!" |
| | B) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair?" |
| | C) | Yuri commanded his little sister, "Stop pulling my hair" |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Mrs. Highpile asked if I had a surefire way to remove carpet stains? |
| | B) | Mrs. Highpile asked if I had a surefire way to remove carpet stains. |
| | C) | Mrs. Highpile asked, "Do you have a surefire way to remove carpet stains." |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the whole thing off". |
| | B) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the whole thing off?" |
| | C) | "Oh, what the heck," said Shirley, "let's call the whole thing off." |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Did Peter Matthiessen write books set in the swamps of Florida, the mountains of Nepal, and the jungles of South America. |
| | B) | Did Peter Matthiessen write books set in the swamps of Florida, the mountains of Nepal, and the jungles of South America? |
| | C) | Did Peter Matthiessen write books set in the swamps of Florida, the mountains of Nepal, and the jungles of South America! |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Where does Annie Dillard's book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek take place? |
| | B) | Where does Annie Dillard's book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek take place. |
| | C) | Where does Annie Dillard's book Pilgrim at Tinker Creek take place! |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire. |
| | B) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire? |
| | C) | The district attorney inquired as to the suspect's whereabouts on the night of the fire! |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music! |
| | B) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music. |
| | C) | Does anyone here really like that kind of music? |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | We arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m.. |
| | B) | We arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m.! |
| | C) | We arrived shortly before 9:30 a.m. |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Ned wanted to know whether Lenin or Stalin was the founder of Bolshevism? |
| | B) | Ned wanted to know whether Lenin or Stalin was the founder of Bolshevism. |
| | C) | Ned wanted to know whether Lenin or Stalin was the founder of Bolshevism! |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | I asked whether it was true that Melvin had studied meteorology for five years but could not explain why the sky is blue? |
| | B) | Melvin has a Ph.D. in meteorology, and you expect me to believe that he cannot explain why the sky is blue? |
| | C) | When you told me that Melvin had studied meteorology for five years but could not explain why the sky is blue, I asked, "Do you expect me to believe that." |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | He asked whether Kathryn F. Clarenbach was a founder of the modern feminist movement! |
| | B) | He asked, "Was Kathryn F. Clarenbach a founder of the modern feminist movement?" |
| | C) | He asked whether Kathryn F. Clarenbach was a founder of the modern feminist movement? |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Professor Oleh Kapusniak declared emphatically, "There will never be a Soviet Union again!" |
| | B) | Professor Oleh Kapusniak declared emphatically, "There will never be a Soviet Union again"! |
| | C) | Professor Oleh Kapusniak declared emphatically, "There will never be a Soviet Union again?" |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | As Grandmother said, "You're never too old to learn". |
| | B) | As Grandmother said, "You're never too old to learn." |
| | C) | As Grandmother said, "You're never too old to learn?" |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | "Do you rob banks for a living or just as a hobby," the attorney asked the defendant? |
| | B) | "Do you rob banks for a living or just as a hobby?" the attorney asked the defendant. |
| | C) | "Do you rob banks for a living or just as a hobby," the attorney asked the defendant. |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Did Brandy just say, "You are crazy?" |
| | B) | Did Brandy just say, "You are crazy." |
| | C) | Did Brandy just say, "You are crazy"? |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | "I cannot stand you any more, Ralph!" Jeanine shouted. |
| | B) | "I cannot stand you any more, Ralph," Jeanine shouted! |
| | C) | "I cannot stand you any more, Ralph!," Jeanine shouted. |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | Martha asked me, "Do you have the correct time"? |
| | B) | Martha asked me, "Do you have the correct time?" |
| | C) | Martha asked me, "Do you have the correct time." |
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Choose the most appropriately punctuated selection. |
| | A) | The famous Belgian detective boarded the elegant train and commanded the passengers, "Touch nothing!" |
| | B) | The famous Belgian detective boarded the elegant train and commanded the passengers, "Touch nothing" |
| | C) | The famous Belgian detective boarded the elegant train and commanded the passengers, "Touch nothing"! |
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