Punctuation Marks QuizOnline version Punctuation marks mastery. by Arnab Biswas 1 What punctuation ends a direct question? a Comma b Period c Exclamation point d Question mark 2 Which punctuation ends a declarative sentence? a Period b Question mark c Comma d Exclamation point 3 Which punctuation shows strong emotion at the end of a sentence? a Period b Exclamation mark c Comma d Question mark 4 Which punctuation is used to join two independent clauses? a Period b Comma c Colon d Semicolon 5 Which punctuation marks direct speech or a quote? a Period b Quotation marks c Comma d Apostrophe 6 Which punctuation introduces a list after an independent clause? a Comma b Period c Semicolon d Colon 7 Which punctuation is often used before 'and' in a list of three or more items? a Semicolon b Comma c Oxford comma d Colon 8 Which punctuation sets off nonessential information in a sentence? a Colon b Period c Comma d Hyphen 9 Which punctuation shows possession or forms contractions? a Hyphen b Apostrophe c Comma d Quotation marks 10 Which punctuation is used for parenthetical or aside information? a Comma b Parentheses c Brackets d Hyphen