Question

Ophelia is writing a research paper on Cleopatra. One of her sources states, "Motion pictures depict Cleopatra as the world's most beautiful woman, but sources from Cleopatra's own time tell us nothing about what she looked like."
Because Ophelia's thesis is that Cleopatra's power was a result of her great beauty, and she quotes this source like this: "Cleopatra was the world's most beautiful woman." and provides a correct citation to the source.

Has Ophelia used the information ethically?

Question 1 options:

A) No, because she plagiarized the quote.


B) Yes, because she correctly cited the source.


C) Yes, because she used quotation marks.


D) No, because she took the quote out of context.

Answer 1

Answer:c

Explanation:

Answer 2

D. No because she took the quote out of context


The quote from her source is stating that Cleopatra is depicted as a beautiful woman in modern movies, however she looks nothing like she is said to look.
Ophelia is excluding the second part of information from her quote.