Signing Naturally - Unit 1 Question Preview (ID: 31925)


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What is the appropriate way to refer to people who use ASL as their primary way to communicate?
a) Deaf
b) Hearing Impaired
c) Deaf-Mute
d) Hard of Hearing

Where was the first U.S. school for the Deaf established?
a) Milan, Italy
b) Hartford, Connecticut
c) Washington, DC
d) Boston, Massachusetts

What is the name of the world’s first and only liberal arts university for the Deaf?
a) Rochester Institute of Technology
b) American School for the Deaf
c) Gallaudet University
d) African Bible College for the Deaf

Which of the following is NOT true about Andrew Foster?
a) Supported using oral methods with Deaf children
b) Born in the United States
c) Established 31 schools for the Deaf in Africa
d) Was one of the first three Black Deaf students enrolled at Gallaudet University

ASL was influenced by the signed language from which country?
a) England
b) France
c) Ghana
d) China

Which was NOT a result of the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf Conference in Milan, Italy?
a) Oral methods were supported
b) Deaf teachers were fired
c) ASL was essentially banned
d) Gallaudet University was established

Which country’s Deaf population uses ASL?
a) Australia
b) Canada
c) England
d) Ireland

Which is NOT a way to get a Deaf person’s attention?
a) Wave
b) Tap
c) Use an intermediary
d) Throw a small object

Which monument in Washington, DC appear to have a president fingerspelling his initials?
a) George Washington
b) Abraham Lincoln
c) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
d) John F. Kennedy

Which is NOT a strategy that a Deaf person would use when communicating with a hearing person?
a) Signing
b) Using an intermediary
c) Writing or typing
d) Speaking loudly

Which is NOT a non-manual marker when asking a Wh- question?
a) Lean forward
b) Furrow eyebrows
c) Hold last sign
d) Raise eyebrows

Which component/parameter is different for the ASL signs for WOMAN and MAN?
a) Handshape
b) Location
c) Movement
d) Palm-Orientation

Which component/parameter is different for the ASL signs for PLEASE and SORRY?
a) Handshape
b) Location
c) Movement
d) Palm-Orientation

Which component/parameter is different for the ASL signs for YELLOW and GREEN?
a) Handshape
b) Location
c) Movement
d) Palm-Orientation

Which component/parameter is different for the ASL signs for DANCE and STAND?
a) Handshape
b) Non-manual Markers
c) Movement
d) Palm-Orientation

When fingerspelling, your palm should usually face:
a) up (towards the sky)
b) down (towards the ground)
c) out (towards the reader)
d) in (towards yourself)

What is a set of symbols (signs, sounds, and printed pictures or words) that users agree have the same meaning?
a) Communication
b) Speech
c) Listening
d) Language

Which of the following is NOT true about traditional American Deaf culture?
a) Walks through a signed conversation
b) Emphasis is on group success
c) Prefers to be called “Deaf”
d) Avoids eye contact

Which of the following is NOT true about Laurent Clerc?
a) Deaf
b) Born in France
c) Teacher of the Deaf
d) Was a minister

Which of the following is NOT true about Thomas Gallaudet?
a) Was a minister
b) Born in the United States
c) Hearing
d) Deaf

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