American Deaf Culture Questions

American Deaf Culture Questions (not quiz) :)

Multiple Select

What is American Sign Language (ASL)? (select two answers)

• A visual form of English

• A language that relies on mime

• A language capable of expressing abstract ideas

• A language using picture-like gestures to express ideas and concepts

• A language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning

Multiple Choice

Historically, American Sign Language is related to:

• British Sign Language

• Swedish Sign Language

• French Sign Language

• German Sign Language

Multiple Select

American Sign Language is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries (select 2 answers)

• Canada

• United States

• Mexico

• Brazil

• England

Multiple Choice

Approximately what percent of Deaf people who marry are married to other Deaf people?

• 10 percent

• 25 percent

• 50 percent

• 75 percent

• 90 percent

Multiple Select

American Sign Language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through (select two answers):

• Deaf family members

• Deaf adults in the community

• Residential schools for the Deaf

• Sign Language teachers

• Classroom teachers

Multiple Choice

The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in American Sign Language is primarily:

• Grammatical

• Stylistic

• Emotive

Multiple Choice

While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's:

• Hands

• Chest area

• Face

Multiple Select

Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways (select 2 answers)

• Interchangeably with any sign

• To specify brand names

• As an artistic form of signing

• To give names to people and places

Multiple Select

American Sign Language makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to: (select all that apply)

• Convey distance

• Contrast two people, places, things, or ideas

• Express time concepts

• Indicate sentence types

Multiple Choice

To get the attention of a Deaf person who is looking the other way, you should:

• Yell as loud as you can

• Tap him/her on the shoulder

• Wave in his/her face

• Go around and stand in front of the person

Multiple Choice

If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should (select 2 answers)

• Wait until they stop talking before you pass through

• Bend down very low in order to avoid passing through their signing space

• Go ahead and walk through

• Find another path

Multiple Select

Which of the following are considered rude by Deaf people (select 2 answers)

• Moving a person aside so you can pass through

• Watching a signed conversation

• Describing a distinctive feature of a person to identify him/her

• Talking (using voice) in the presence of Deaf people

Multiple Choice

In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing people is:

• Speech and lipreading

• Using Sign Language

• Writing back and forth

• Using interpreters

Open Ended

Which of the following are valued in the Deaf community? (Select all that apply using letters)

a. for community to govern their own affairs

b. being kept informed about the community and its members

c. restoring ones hearing

d. ability to speak well

e. to have a sense of social obligation and duty to the group

f. to develop long term relationships

g. to be self-reliant (be your own person)

Open Ended

Other than the word, "Deaf," a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be to say they are (select the letters below)

a. deaf and dumb

b. deaf mutes

c. hearing impaired

d. deaf and hard-of-hearing

e. all of the above

f. none of the above

​-SS