- 1. Which language's nouns do not encode grammatical gender?
A) Latin
B) English
C) Italian
D) Spanish
- 2. What is the plural masculine form for 'friends' in Italian?
A) amica
B) amici
C) amiche
D) amico
- 3. From which language did Italian linguistically derive?
A) Latin
B) English
C) French
D) Greek
- 4. Which symbol has been proposed as a gender-neutral option in Italian?
A) schwa <ə>
B) dash <->
C) plus <+>
D) period <.>
- 5. Which organization banned the use of gender-neutral language in schools on March 21, 2025?
A) American Board of Education
B) Italian Ministry of Education
C) Supreme Court of the Philippines
D) International Gender and Language Association
- 6. What is the main challenge regarding gender-neutral language in American English?
A) Grammatical conjugation
B) Male default
C) Lack of pronouns
D) Too many vowels
- 7. In the Philippines, what did the Supreme Court observe about the language used in a specific case?
A) It was too formal
B) It was outdated
C) It was grammatically incorrect
D) It was non-gender-fair
- 8. Which term is used as an example of American cultural tension regarding gender-neutral language?
A) parental unit
B) genderless citizen
C) pregnant people
D) human person
- 9. Which of these is NOT a proposed alternative for gender neutrality in Italian mentioned in the text?
A) The exclamation point <!>
B) The asterisk <*>
C) The letter <u>
D) The at sign <@>
- 10. What happens when gender-neutral language is used around traditionally male institutions in the US?
A) Language becomes more accessible
B) People often translate 'they' to 'he'
C) The institutions change their names
D) Discrimination disappears immediately
- 11. When did gender-neutral language become a common feature in many languages?
A) In the early nineteenth century
B) In the mid-eighteenth century
C) In the early twenty-first century
D) In the late twentieth century
- 12. Who authored 'The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing' in the 1970s?
A) Margaret Doyle
B) Casey Miller and Kate Swift
C) The NASA linguistic board
D) The Women's Press
- 13. Who published 'The A–Z of Non-Sexist Language' in 1995?
A) The Buenos Aires Ministry of Education
B) Kate Swift
C) Casey Miller
D) The Women's Press
- 14. What dialect was not initially considered by the American authors of the early non-sexist language manuals?
A) South African-English
B) British-English
C) Canadian-English
D) Australian-English
- 15. What is the term for language used in academic and governmental settings to convey the inclusion of all sexes or genders?
A) Patriarchal language
B) Androcentric language
C) Gender-inclusive language
D) Binary language
- 16. What example of gender-neutral language is provided for the Swedish language?
A) x
B) hir
C) e
D) hen
- 17. Which organization now prefers the use of 'crewed' and 'uncrewed' over 'manned' and 'unmanned'?
A) The Buenos Aires school system
B) The Swedish Language Council
C) NASA
D) The Women's Press
- 18. In what year did Buenos Aires forbid the use of gender-neutral language in public educational institutions?
A) 1970
B) 2010
C) 2022
D) 1995
- 19. What was the primary concern cited by Buenos Aires regarding gender-neutral language in the classroom?
A) The lack of historical data
B) The cost of printing new textbooks
C) Linguistic correctness and language preservation
D) The preference for Swedish language models
- 20. In Spanish, what ending usually indicates the feminine form of a noun?
A) a
B) e
C) o
D) x
- 21. In Spanish, what ending usually indicates the masculine form of a noun?
A) a
B) e
C) o
D) x
- 22. Which gender-neutral endings have gained popularity in the Spanish language?
A) i and u
B) x and e
C) a and o
D) y and z
- 23. What is the gender-neutral option for the previously binary terms 'Latino' or 'Latina'?
A) Latino-a
B) Latinu or Latini
C) Latino
D) Latinx or Latine
- 24. If a group consists of all females in Spanish, what is the correct plural term?
A) compañeros
B) compañerxs
C) compañeres
D) compañeras
- 25. If a single male student enters a group of female students, what does the term become in Spanish?
A) compañeres
B) compañerxs
C) compañeras
D) compañeros
- 26. Which of the following is a gender-neutral term for 'policeman'?
A) Police officer
B) Police man
C) Officer man
D) Patrolman
- 27. Which term is suggested as a gender-neutral alternative to 'mankind'?
A) Man-kind
B) Men
C) Humankind
D) Man
- 28. When did the notion of sexist language reach mainstream attention?
A) 1950s
B) 1990s
C) 1920s
D) 1970s
- 29. Which Australian region required the use of 'they' in place of 'he' and 'she' in laws?
A) Western Australia
B) New South Wales
C) Victoria
D) Queensland
- 30. How much does the educational gap increase in languages with grammatical gender?
A) 1.00 year
B) 0.50 years
C) 0.75 years
D) 0.25 years
- 31. What state enacted a policy in 2018 to use the terms police officer and firefighter?
A) Florida
B) California
C) Texas
D) New York
- 32. In what year did the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion pass a motion for non-sexist language?
A) 2006
B) 1985
C) 1975
D) 1995
- 33. Which Brazilian law instituted the National Plain Language Policy?
A) Law 6.583/08
B) Law 15.263/25
C) The Human Rights Act
D) Law C-16
- 34. Which institution has revoked several laws against the use of gender-neutral language in Brazil?
A) The Académie Française
B) The National LGBTI Alliance
C) Supreme Federal Court (STF)
D) Federal University of Mato Grosso
- 35. What term is used in the text to describe people who do not identify exclusively as male or female?
A) Gender-neutral
B) Homotransaffective
C) Inclusive
D) Non-binary
- 36. What was the subject of Jordan Peterson's YouTube video regarding Canadian legislation?
A) The National Plain Language Policy
B) Bill C-16
C) The Brazilian Constitution
D) The dictionary Petit Robert
- 37. When did Bill C-16 become law in Canada?
A) October 2016
B) November 17, 2025
C) 19 June 2017
D) 30 July 2025
- 38. Why did the Petit Robert dictionary add the term 'iel'?
A) Because researchers noted an increasing usage
B) Because it is a rule of the Orthographic Agreement
C) Because the Supreme Court ordered its inclusion
D) Because it was required by the Minister of Education
- 39. Who accused the Petit Robert dictionary of pushing a 'woke' ideology?
A) Jordan Peterson
B) Jean-Michel Blanquer
C) Charles Bimbenet
D) François Jolivet
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