Through Deaf Eyes QUIZ!

Question 1

What language is American Sign Language related to?

Accepted Answer

French Sign Language

Question 2

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet was:

Accepted Answer

A clergyman who opened the first school for deaf children

Question 3

What makes Clarke schools different from most deaf schools?

Accepted Answer

They teach Oralism exclusively.

Question 4

When was the first deaf school opened?

Accepted Answer

1817

Question 5

Whose research contributed to the legitimacy of sign language?

Accepted Answer

William Stokoe

Question 6

What actress received an Oscar for her performance in Children of a Lesser God in 1986?

Accepted Answer

Marlee Matlin

Question 7

Hearing people tend to measure a Deaf person's intelligence by what?

Accepted Answer

Their ability to speak and lipread.

Question 8

Why was the Deaf community upset with Marlee Matlin after winning her Oscar?

Accepted Answer

She spoke.

Question 9

Who is known as the "father of ASL"?

Accepted Answer

Laurent Clerc

Question 10

What was the first Deaf theater group to perform for hearing audiences?

Accepted Answer

National Theater of the Deaf

Question 11

_______ put forth the idea that a life without signing would be a better life

Accepted Answer

AG Bell

Question 12

Deaf schools were frightening because many kids had _____ communication with their parents.

Accepted Answer

very little

Question 13

This invention did NOT benefit the deaf.

Accepted Answer

telephone

Question 14

What movie inspired people to take ASL classes?

Accepted Answer

Children of a Lesser God

Question 15

What made it illegal to discriminate against someone with a disability?

Accepted Answer

Americans with Disabilities Act

Question 16

What was the first deaf college in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

Gallaudet University

Question 17

How many channels does the most current cochlear implant have?

Accepted Answer

120

Question 18

A cochlear implant works by:

Accepted Answer

Implanting an artificial coil around the cochlea

Question 19

What was decided at the Milan conference?

Accepted Answer

Oral method was best and they banned sign language

Question 20

Whose mother and wife were both deaf?

Accepted Answer

Alexander Graham Bell

Question 21

How many channels did the first cochlear implant have?

Accepted Answer

26

Question 22

Who opened the first deaf school in America?

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet

Question 23

Who was one of the first actors in NTD (National Theater of the Deaf)?

Accepted Answer

Bernard Bragg

Question 24

What is the system of teaching deaf people to communicate with speech and lipreading?

Accepted Answer

Oralism

Question 25

What was the movement called where the students wanted a certain president for Gallaudet?

Accepted Answer

Deaf President Now

Question 26

What is a unique cultural tradition among students at deaf schools?

Accepted Answer

Name-signs

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