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D) It was outdated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