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Lessons 1 - 4 Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The first school for the Deaf was started in what year?

a)

1870

b)

1817

c)

1807

2.

ASL was first called a "language" in what year?

a)

1950

b)

1960

c)

1940

3.

Who set up the first deaf school?

a)

Dr. Mason Cogswell

b)

Thomas Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc

c)

Charles Abee de L'Eppe

4.

"D" means ___________

a)

physically deaf

b)

culturally deaf

5.

"d" means __________________

a)

physically deaf

b)

culturally deaf

6.

Where did Thomas Gallaudet travel to learn how to teach students who are deaf?

a)

Asia

b)

Europe

c)

Canada

7.

One example of Deaf culture is _________.

a)

tapping someone to get their attention

b)

turning lights on and off to get someone's attention

c)

jumping up and down to get someone's attention

8.

ASL is a blend of which two languages?

a)

French Sign Language and Martha's Vineyard Sign Language

b)

Spanish Sign Langauge and French Sign Language

c)

French Sign Language and British Sign Language

9.

Which of the following signs are iconic signs?

a)

think

b)

school

c)

house

d)

mother

10.

Which of the following signs use initialization?

a)

teacher

b)

family

c)

father

d)

all of the above

11.

Which of the signs uses reversal of orientation to show negation?

a)

don't/not

b)

don't understand

c)

don't want

d)

all of them

12.

Why did Gallaudet want to learn how to teach the Deaf?

a)

he met a deaf girl named Alice

b)

he had deaf family

c)

he married a deaf woman

13.

The primary langauge used by deaf and hard of hearing people in the United States and Canada is _________?

a)

Signed Exact English

b)

American Sign Language

c)

Pidgin Signed English

14.

Which phrase is written in ASL form?

a)

WHAT YOUR NAME?

b)

What is your name?

c)

YOU NAME YOU?

15.

Gallaudet was a _____________?

a)

hearing minister

b)

deaf minister

c)

deaf doctor

16.

Who came back from France with Gallaudet to start the first school for the Deaf?

a)

Charles Abbe de L'Eppe

b)

Laurent Clerc

c)

Mason Cogswell

17.

Which sentence/phrase below is written in SEE form?

a)

Is your house big?

b)

YOUR HOUSE BIG?

c)

YOU HOUSE BIG?

18.

What is indexing?

a)

pointing to show HIS/HERS/THEIRS

b)

pointing to show HE/SHE/IT

c)

open palm towards a person to show HIS/HERS

19.

How do you add the -ed ending to a verb in ASL?

a)

sign "yesterday" "finished" or "past"

b)

spell "ed" after the verb

c)

repeat the sign

20.

How do you add the -ing ending to a verb in ASL?

a)

slow down or speed up the sign

b)

repeat the sign

c)

sign "again"

21.

When you want to show possession (HAVE) as in MINE, YOURS, HIS, HERS what handshape do you use?

a)

open A

b)

open B

c)

B

d)

C

22.

What are the 3 ways to show pluralization of a noun? (adding -s to show more than one)

a)

repeat the sign, sign "many", sign "more"

b)

use a sweeping motion, repeat the sign, sign "more"

c)

sign "many", sign a number before the noun, repeat the sign

23.

What is the form of ASL grammar/syntax?

a)

TIME + TOPIC + COMMENT

b)

SUBJECT + VERB + OBJECT

c)

TOPIC + TIME + COMMENT

d)

OBJECT + SUBJECT + VERB

24.

Which sentence/phrase below is written in Pidgin Signed English form?

a)

YOU LIVE WHERE?

b)

WHERE YOU LIVE?

c)

Where do you live?

25.

What is the predicate of an ASL phrase?

a)

the object

b)

when the action happened

c)

the subject

d)

what the subject did

26.

What are the 4 sign parameters/characteristics?

a)

time, topic, comment

b)

location, movement, orientation, handshape

c)

time, location, movement, comment

d)

orientation, mobility, movement, direction

27.

What can be the 5th sign parameter or characteristic?

a)

Non Manual Markers

b)

handshape

c)

orientation

d)

initialization

28.

What is the movement of the sign "agent"?

a)

up

b)

down

c)

twisting

d)

to the side

29.

What is the location used in the sign "think"?

a)

on the left shoulder

b)

on the head

c)

on the chest

d)

on the chin

30.

What is the handshape used in the sign "WASH"?

a)

open B

b)

A

c)

open A

d)

B

31.

What is an example of a Non Manual Marker?

a)

head tilt

b)

body language

c)

facial expression

d)

all of the above

32.

What is this sign an example of?

a)

initialization

b)

reversal to show negation

c)

iconic sign

d)

orientation

33.

What number is pictured?

a)

29

b)

26

c)

25

d)

27

34.

What sign is this?

a)

who

b)

what

c)

why

d)

where

35.

What sign is this?

a)

son

b)

daughter

c)

aunt

d)

baby

36.

What handshape is used in the sign "TIRED"?

a)

C

b)

open B

c)

bent B

d)

bent L

37.

What is the location of the sign "MOM"?

a)

on the head

b)

on the chin

c)

on the chest

d)

on the shoulder

38.

Which sign uses initialization?

a)

school

b)

father

c)

uncle

d)

girl

39.

If your teacher signed "CITY YOU LIVE?" How would you answer?

a)

spell the name of your town

b)

sign a number

c)

sign yes/no

d)

sign "good," "bad," or "so-so"

40.

If your teacher signed "YOU DEAF YOU?" How would you answer?

a)

sign yes/no

b)

sign a feeling

c)

sign a number

d)

spell your name

41.

What is the orientation for the sign "HERS"?

a)

palm up

b)

palm out

c)

palm down

d)

palm in

42.

What is the handshape for the sign "SCHOOL"?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

open A

d)

open B

43.

What is the handshape for the sign "MOTHER"?

a)

5

b)

3

c)

1

d)

open B

44.

What is the location for the sign "don't-WANT"?

a)

on the chest

b)

on the head

c)

on the shoulder

d)

out in front of the body

45.

What is the handshape of the sign "LIKE"?

a)

5 to 8

b)

3 to 8

c)

A to C

d)

1 to 3

46.

Which verb below is a directional verb?

a)

ask-to

b)

help

c)

meet

d)

all of the above

47.

Eyebrows for yes/no questions are....

a)

up

b)

down

48.

Eyebrows for wh- questions is ...

a)

down

b)

up

49.

What sign is this?

a)

angry

b)

happy

c)

sad

d)

chat

50.

What sign is this?

a)

doctor

b)

nurse

c)

school

d)

church