Italics for Foreign Words: Quiz 1
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Question 1 of 10
1. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
The committee’s raison d’être [reason for being] was not clearly established.
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Question 2 of 10
2. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
Don’t eat too many hors d’oeuvres [appetizers] before dinner.
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Question 3 of 10
3. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
A luftmensch is a dreamer, or literally an airy person.
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Question 4 of 10
4. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
I’ve heard that per capita [in relation to each person individually] Albania has more poets than Macedonia.
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Question 5 of 10
5. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
His magnum opus [masterwork] is full of double entendres [double meanings, innuendo].
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Question 6 of 10
6. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
He tried to be cavalier, but he suffered from l’esprit de l’escalier [staircase wit], an inability to come up with a witty retort in time.
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Question 7 of 10
7. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
He’s got a certain je ne sais quoi [indescribable quality] about him.
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Question 8 of 10
8. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
Kiera is a real prima donna [leading lady].
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Question 9 of 10
9. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
His lectures about the fossil record go on ad nauseum [to the point of nausea].
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Question 10 of 10
10. Question
Determine if the foreign word(s) in the sentence should be italicized or not. If the word or phrase is commonly used in English, then italics are not needed. If you think either way is fine, then mark the sentence as correct.
He likes to paint alfresco [in the open air].
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