Quiz On Language And Gender

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Play this knowledgeable and exciting quiz on language and gender that will help you appropriately apply genders and words in social interaction. The quiz enables you to gauge the emotions and behavior of different genders through which you can judge the innate personalities, likings, and dis-likings of a person and form your social behavior accordingly. The quiz will help you in choosing proper semantics while having social interaction. If you like the quiz, share it with your friends and family. All the best!


Questions and Answers
  • 1. 
    Three women and three men are chatting. Who is likely to talk more?
    • A. 

      The women

    • B. 

      The men

    • C. 

      They are likely to talk about the same amount

    • D. 

      All of the above

  • 2. 
    Which of the following are typically true of male speech?
    • A. 

      They swear more than women

    • B. 

      They describe things more than women

    • C. 

      They are more likely to interrupt than women

    • D. 

      They backchannel a lot

  • 3. 
    In general, men smile more often than women.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 4. 
    Women frequently use language and conversation to establish their dominance within a group
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 5. 
    Women use tag questions more frequently than men.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 6. 
    Women use more what than men?
    • A. 

      Tag questions

    • B. 

      Specific lexis for household chores

    • C. 

      Phatic talk

    • D. 

      Swear words

    • E. 

      Adjectives

    • F. 

      References to colour

  • 7. 
    Who is more likely to use language to bond, encourage and balance power?
    • A. 

      Men

    • B. 

      Women

    • C. 

      Children

    • D. 

      Non binaries

  • 8. 
    Backchannelling is more common face to face, than on the telephone.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 9. 
    It is important to consider gender within language a power, because people's gender is the main factor affecting their lexical choice.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

  • 10. 
    Your gender and your sex are the same thing, at least in linguistic terms.
    • A. 

      True

    • B. 

      False

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