WorksheetsDeaf Awareness Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is American Sign Language (ASL)? (two answers)
a code similar to Braile
a shortened form of English
a language capable of expressing any abstract idea
a language using picture-like images to express ideas and concepts
a language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning
Historically, American Sign Language is related to:
German Sign Language
British Sign Language
French Sign Language
Swedish Sign Language
American Sign Language is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries? (Circle all that apply)
Brazil
Canada
Mexico
United States
What percent of Deaf people have Deaf Parents?
90 percent
25 percent
10 percent
75 percent
50 percent
American Sign Language and Deaf Culture are transmitted to Deaf people from generation to generation primarily through:
Deaf adults in the community
Sign Language teachers
residential School for the Deaf
family
The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze to American Sign language is primarily:
emotive
stylistic
grammatical
attention getting
While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the singer's:
chest area
face
hands
Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways? (circle all that apply)
to specify brand names
to give names of people and places
interchangeably with any sign
as an artistic form of signing
ASL makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to: (circle all the apply)
indicate sentence types
convey distance
express time concepts
contrast two people, places, things or ideas
To get the attention of a Deaf person who is looking the othr way, you should:
wave in his/her face
yell as loud as you can
tap him/her on the shoulder
go around and stand in front of the person
If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should:
go ahead and walk through
wait until they stop talking before you pass throught
find another path
bend down very low in order to avoid passing through their signing space
Which of the following are considered rude by Deaf people? (circle two answers)
describing a distinctive feature of a person to identify him/her
touching a person to get attention
looking at a signed conversation without indicating you know Sign Language
talking without signing in the presence of Deaf people
In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing people is:
writing back and forth
using Sign Language
speech and lipreading
using interpreters
Which of the following are valued in the Deaf community? (circle all that apply)
for Deaf people to govern their own affairs
being kept informed about the community and its members
indvidualism
restoration of hearing loss
group cohesiveness
Other than the word "deaf", a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be to say they are:
hearing impaired
deaf and dumb
deaf mutes
none of the above
Historically, Deaf people have faced discrimination in the following areas:
getting decent housing
obtaining access to public services, information, and entertainment
job hiring and promotion
obtaining a driver's license without restrictions
getting fair insurance rates
Some of the issues the National Association of the Deaf has fought for are: (circle all the apply)
the right of Deaf people to adopt childre
giving double tax exemption to Deaf people
maintaining a high proportion of Deaf teachers at the elementary and secondary levels
using Sign Language in the classroom
What was the purpose of the protest rally at Gallaudet University in March 1988?
to give priority to Sign Language Research
to improve interpreting services
to mainstream more hearing students at the University
to assure that Deaf people be placed in top level decision-making positions
