When is a prose quotation set off as a block quotation?

1. AWhen it runs to more than four lines
2. BWhen it runs to more than five lines
3. CWhen it runs to more than three lines
4. DWhen it runs to more than two lines

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Correct answer: A. When it runs to more than four lines

Explanation

MLA: prose quotations of more than four lines (verse of more than three) are indented half an inch, without quotation marks, with the citation after the final punctuation.