Braille

1. Who is credited with the invention of the Braille system?

• a) Charles Barbier     

• b) Louis Braille     

• c) Captain Charles      

• d) Barbier Louis

1. What incident led to Louis Braille losing his sight?

• a) A fall from a horse

• b) Playing with a sharp tool in his father's workshop

• c) Exposure to a chemical

• d) A genetic condition

1. What was the original system used for reading by blind individuals before Braille's invention?

• a) Raised dots and dashes

• b) Printed text

• c) Braille code

• d) Spoken language

1. What was the basis of Louis Braille's system of writing for the blind?

• a) Moon writing

• b) Night writing

• c) Sun writing

• d) Star writing

1. How did Louis Braille modify the military code called night writing?

• a) Expanded the cells from six to twelve raised dots

• b) Reduced the cells from twelve to six raised dots

• c) Added dashes alongside dots

• d) Removed the raised dots entirely

1. What role did Louis Braille's love for music play in the development of his system?

• a) He created a Braille system for writing music

• b) He ignored music in his development process

• c) He sought help from musicians to refine his system

• d) He incorporated musical notes into the standard Braille alphabet

1. When was a universal Braille code for English formalized?

• a) 1812

•  b) 1829

• c) 1882

• d) 1932

1. Despite Louis Braille's significant contribution, why was his innovation initially slow to be adopted by the medical establishment?

• a) Lack of resources

• b) Resistance to change

• c) Braille's system was ineffective

• d) Limited availability of materials

1. What challenges does Braille face in the modern era despite its revolutionary impact?

• a) Limited availability of materials

• b) Declining literacy rates among the blind

• c) Lack of standardized formats

• d) All of the above

1. How was Louis Braille's work finally recognized a hundred years after his death?

• a) He was given a prestigious award

• b) His local village renamed a street after him

• c) He was reburied at the Pantheon in Paris

• d) His name was engraved on a monument