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Who is Nyle DiMarco
Who is George W Veditz?
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Who is George W Veditz?
Former president of National Association of the Deaf.
Famous Deaf musician
Actor in Deaf West Theater
Famous deaf author.
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Who is Nyle DiMarco
Deaf rapper and founder of DPAN.
Deaf Model on America's Next Top Model.
Deaf Artist who sculpted in San Francisco.
Deaf basketball player.
3
According to linguistic theory, deaf children should start to learn ASL
as teenagers
from birth
when they are old enough to go to school
as adults
4
% of hearing parents who learn sign language
15%
25%
90%
50%
5
Who is Derrick Coleman?
Football Player Greenbay
College football player Ohio State
Football player Seattle Seahawks
Soccer player
6
Deaf people can go to college, but they have to go to Gallaudet.
True
False
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"Of course their mental development is slow It is a wonder to me that they progress at all.”
-Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
-Laurent Clerc
-Andrew Foster
-Alexander Graham Bell
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Gallaudet University was founded by
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
Edward Miner Gallaudet
Laurent Clerc
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Who became the first Deaf president of Gallaudet University?
Jack Gannon
I King Jordan
Andrew Foster
George W Veditz
10
Deaf People can drive
True
False
11
Eyeth refers to
a planet representing the deaf-blind world
a planet representing the blind world
a planet representing the deaf world
a planet representing the hearing world
12
Deaf President Now! happened in what year?
1998
1988
1968
1978
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Who was William "Dummy" Hoy?
Basketball Player
Soccer Player
Famous Deaf Baseball Player
1st Deaf actor to win Academy Award
14
% of deaf people who have hearing parents
90%
75%
80%
25%
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Who said this statement, "deaf people can do anything hearing people can do, except hear.".'
Sean Berdy
I King Jordan
Leroy Colombo
Beethoven
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a common misconception about deaf people is that
they know sign language
they are smart
they are very observant of their surroundings
they know braille
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A cochlear implant is a ...
system of braille
advanced hearing aide
cure for deafness
device that can help to provide a sense of sound
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Laurent Clerc was from...
England
America
Canada
France
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someone who has deaf parents is a ...
CODA
DEAF
SPODA
NERDA
20
What profession is a deaf person not allowed to become?
military
lawyer
nurse
veterinarian
21
Who is Sean Forbes
Deaf rapper and founder of DPAN.
Deaf drummer from the UK.
Deaf actor from My Third Eye.
Famous deaf soldier from the civil war.
22
This Deaf lifegard saved countless lives in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Nyle DiMarco
Dummy Hoy
Leroy Colombo
Sean Berdy
23
In the past, Deaf people have been discriminated against in which area?
employment
insurance
all of the above
housing
24
Deaf people have to pay more for car insurance because it is more dangerous for them to drive.
False
True
25
This statement, "Deaf people like music," is...
false
always true
sometimes true
never true
26
Who was Beethoven?
Invented Sign Langauge
Discovered Electricity
Famous Musician
1st Deaf singer to win a Grammy
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Who is Marlee Matlin?
1st Deaf actress to win an Academy Award
Invented I Love You Sign
Invented Sign Language
Famous Deaf Dancer
28
Who is Andrew Foster?
Deaf educator in Europe
Deaf educator in Asia
Deaf educator in Africa
Deaf educator in Australia
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Who said, "Blindness separates people from things;deafness separates people from people.'
Helen Keller
Andrew Foster
I King Jordan
Anne Sullivan
30
Deaf students and teachers protested at Gallaudet for the right of
Deaf people to have an extra school vacation
Deaf people to attend Gallaudet University
Deaf people to govern their own affairs
deaf people to be the president of the United States
31
Who is Helen Keller?
1st Deaf actress to win Academy Award
Invented ASL Jokes
Famous for being Deaf and Blind
Famous Deaf Dancer
32
Deaf people can't fly an airplane, unless they have a hearing person with them.
False
True
33
Most Deaf people want to be cured.
False
True
34
The famous deaf girl who inspired Gallaudet to educate deaf people in America
Helen Keller
That deaf baby from the cochlear implant videos on Youtube
Marlee Matlin
Alice Cogswell
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What is the term for discrimination against someone for their ability to hear?
Sexism
Ageism
Racism
Audism
