I.e., Ibid., E.g., Etc.

If you’ve ever written or edited an article or book on a scholarly subject, you probably know your e.g. from your i.e. and ibid. But especially if you spend time with older sources, you’re likely to encounter some abbreviations that haven’t entered the vernacular.

That’s where the table of scholarly abbreviations in CMOS 10.42 comes in handy. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of this fascinating little corner of academia.

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Note: Style guides sometimes disagree. Except for a few details that can be verified in standard dictionaries and encyclopedias and other readily available sources, the answers in this quiz rely on the information in The Chicago Manual of Style.

[Editor’s note: This quiz relies on and links to the 17th edition of CMOS.]

Chicago Style Workout 74: Scholarly Abbreviations

1. In bibliographic contexts, the abbreviation abr. stands for

abbreviation

abridged

2. The abbreviation c. can mean several things in the context of scholarly publishing. Which of the following does it not mean?

copyright

circa

compare

3. The abbreviation cf. means

compare

conference

4. The word “chapter” can be abbreviated as either chap. or ch.

True

False

5. The abbreviation e.g. stands for

example given

exempli gratia

6. The abbreviation fasc. stands for

fascicle

facsimile

7. In the context of academic writing, the abbreviation ff. means

folios

and following

8. The abbreviation ibid. means

in the same place

on the same page

9. The abbreviation op. cit. means

on the opposite (or facing) page

in the work cited

10. In the context of scholarly publishing, the abbreviation s.v. means

under the word

sous vide

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