An mla in-text citation appears at the end of which of the following?
a. clauses b. paragraphs c. quotes d. sentences
its not c

According to the rules of MLA, an MLA in-text citation appears at the end of A. clauses. So, according to these rules, this type of a citation would indeed appear after a quotation, but also before any type of punctuation mark which is there to mark the end of a clause. So, it doesn't appear after full quotes, or sentences, or entire paragraphs, but rather after a clause.

If you look at the surrounding words, you can get a general basis of what another word for inviolate would be. i would say that it is pristine