- 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) amica
B) amici
C) amiche
D) amico
- 3. From which language did Italian linguistically derive?
A) French
B) English
C) Latin
D) Greek
- 4. Which symbol has been proposed as a gender-neutral option in Italian?
A) plus <+>
B) schwa <ə>
C) dash <->
D) period <.>
- 5. Which organization banned the use of gender-neutral language in schools on March 21, 2025?
A) International Gender and Language Association
B) Italian Ministry of Education
C) Supreme Court of the Philippines
D) American Board of Education
- 6. What is the main challenge regarding gender-neutral language in American English?
A) Male default
B) Too many vowels
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 grammatically incorrect
B) It was too formal
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D) It was outdated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) parental unit
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 at sign <@>
B) The letter <u>
C) The exclamation point <!>
D) The asterisk <*>
- 10. What happens when gender-neutral language is used around traditionally male institutions in the US?
A) People often translate 'they' to 'he'
B) Discrimination disappears immediately
C) The institutions change their names
D) Language becomes more accessible
- 11. When did gender-neutral language become a common feature in many languages?
A) In the late twentieth century
B) In the mid-eighteenth century
C) In the early nineteenth century
D) In the early twenty-first century
- 12. Who authored 'The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing' in the 1970s?
A) Margaret Doyle
B) The NASA linguistic board
C) The Women's Press
D) Casey Miller and Kate Swift
- 13. Who published 'The A–Z of Non-Sexist Language' in 1995?
A) Casey Miller
B) Kate Swift
C) The Women's Press
D) The Buenos Aires Ministry of Education
- 14. What dialect was not initially considered by the American authors of the early non-sexist language manuals?
A) Canadian-English
B) Australian-English
C) British-English
D) South African-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) Patriarchal language
C) Androcentric language
D) Gender-inclusive 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 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) 1995
C) 2022
D) 1970
- 19. What was the primary concern cited by Buenos Aires regarding gender-neutral language in the classroom?
A) Linguistic correctness and language preservation
B) The lack of historical data
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) a
C) e
D) x
- 21. In Spanish, what ending usually indicates the masculine form of a noun?
A) a
B) o
C) e
D) x
- 22. Which gender-neutral endings have gained popularity in the Spanish language?
A) x and e
B) y and z
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-a
B) Latinx or Latine
C) Latino
D) Latinu or Latini
- 24. If a group consists of all females in Spanish, what is the correct plural term?
A) compañeras
B) compañeres
C) compañeros
D) compañerxs
- 25. If a single male student enters a group of female students, what does the term become in Spanish?
A) compañeros
B) compañeras
C) compañeres
D) compañerxs
- 26. Which of the following is a gender-neutral term for 'policeman'?
A) Police man
B) Officer man
C) Police officer
D) Patrolman
- 27. Which term is suggested as a gender-neutral alternative to 'mankind'?
A) Man-kind
B) Humankind
C) Men
D) Man
- 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) New South Wales
B) Western Australia
C) Victoria
D) Queensland
- 30. How much does the educational gap increase in languages with grammatical gender?
A) 0.50 years
B) 0.25 years
C) 0.75 years
D) 1.00 year
- 31. What state enacted a policy in 2018 to use the terms police officer and firefighter?
A) Florida
B) Texas
C) California
D) New York
- 32. In what year did the Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion pass a motion for non-sexist language?
A) 1975
B) 1995
C) 2006
D) 1985
- 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) Supreme Federal Court (STF)
B) Federal University of Mato Grosso
C) The National LGBTI Alliance
D) The Académie Française
- 35. What term is used in the text to describe people who do not identify exclusively as male or female?
A) Non-binary
B) Inclusive
C) Homotransaffective
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) 19 June 2017
B) 30 July 2025
C) October 2016
D) November 17, 2025
- 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 it was required by the Minister of Education
D) Because the Supreme Court ordered its inclusion
- 39. Who accused the Petit Robert dictionary of pushing a 'woke' ideology?
A) François Jolivet
B) Charles Bimbenet
C) Jordan Peterson
D) Jean-Michel Blanquer
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