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B) It was outdated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