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Decide whether the following examples are examples of quoting, plagiarizing, summary or paraphrasing.
For a refresher on the difference between summarizing, quoting, and paraphrasing, see "Quoting and Quotations."

Original passage:

"The Germans built reinforced concrete bunkers on potential invasion beaches, from which cannons, mortars, and machine guns could sweep both the beaches and the sea approaches to the beaches.  On the beaches, in front of the bunkers, the Germans deployed a half million obstacles.  Obstacles made of steel and concrete and wood:  Belgian Gates, hedgehogs, tetra hydra, gun emplacements, machine-gun positions, pointed logs and mined stakes.  On the obstacles, between the obstacles and all across the beaches, the Germans sowed some five million mines.  It was Field Marshall Rommel's plan to stop and repel an invading force on the beaches."
    ~Angelos T. Chata
        "Dallas Area Veterans Groups Memorial Day Keynote Address"


Question 1.
    A half a million steel, concrete, and wooden obstacles covered the beaches of Normandy in front of the German bunkers (Chatas 4).

A. Quotation
B. Plagiarism
C. Summary
D. Paraphrase

Question 2.
    According to D-Day veteran Angeloas T. Chatas, the beaches of Normandy were strewn with obstacles, "Belgian Gates, hedgehogs, tetra hydra, gun emplacements, machine-gun positions, pointed logs and mined stakes," placed by the Germans to repel any attempt at invasion (4).

A. Paraphrase
B. Quotation
C. Plagiarism
D. Summary

Question 3.
    The beaches of Normandy were well fortified with German obstacles of every description.

A. Plagiarism
B. Quotation
C. Paraphrase
E. Summary

Question 4.
    The Germans planted approximately five million mines in the beaches of Normandy, within and between other ferocious obstacles (Chatas 4).

A. Paraphrase
B. Plagiarism
C. Quotation
D. Summary

Question 5.
    The Germans deployed a half a million obstacles made of steep and concrete and wood along the beaches of Normandy.

A. Paraphrase
B. Plagiarism
C. Summary
D. Quotation

Question 6.
    All the obstacles were part of Field Marshall Rommel's plan to stop and repel an invading force on the beaches (Chatas 4).

A. Summary
B. Quotation
C. Paraphrase
D. Plagiarism

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