Which of the Following Sentences Is Gender-Inclusive

question 12

Multiple Choice

Which of the following sentences is gender-inclusive?

• A) Every solicitor in this city should sit for her bar examination.
• B) Men have taken 50,000 years to invent the wheel.
• C) The top athlete needs his training to be tough; otherwise he can't expect to qualify for the Olympics.
• D) Our volunteer firefighters perform a great service; I congratulate every man and woman in the team for their work this season.
• E) From cavemen to footballers, sporting teams have always depended on luck and the environment.

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Definitions:

Lord Dunmore's Proclamation

A 1775 declaration by the British Governor of Virginia offering freedom to slaves who joined the British forces against the American revolutionaries.

Continental Army

The army raised by the Second Continental Congress to fight against British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

Yeoman Farmers

Independent farmers who typically worked their own land, a common figure in early American society, embodying the ideal of self-sufficiency.

Prisoners Of War

Individuals captured by an enemy during armed conflict, whose treatment is governed by international law, notably the Geneva Conventions.