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WorksheetsASL and Deaf Culture (SN Quiz)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 45mins
What is American Sign Language?
a visual form of English
a language that relies on mime
a language that utilizes space and movement to convey meaning
a language using picture-like gestures to express ideas and concepts
American Sign Language is most closely related to...
British Sign Language
French Sign Language
Swedish Sign Language
German Sign Language
ASL is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries?
Canada and the US
Only the US.
US and Mexico
Canada, Mexico, and the US
England and the US
Approximately what percent of Deaf people who marry are married to other Deaf people?
10%
20%
50%
75%
90%
ASL is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through (select two)...
Deaf family members
Deaf adults in the community
Sign language teachers
Deaf education teachers
Deaf residential schools
The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in ASL is primarily...
grammatical
stylistic
emotive
While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's...
hands
chest area
face
Among ASL users, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways?
interchangeably with any sign
to specify proper nouns (such as people, places, and brands)
as an artistic form of signing
ASL makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to do everything except...
convey distance
contrast two people, places, things, or ideas
express time concepts
indicate sentence types
To get the attention of a Deaf person who is looking the other way, you should...
yell as loud as you can
tap them on the shoulder
wave in their face
go around and stand in front of the person
If your path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should...
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
Which of the following are considered rude by Deaf people? (Select 2)
moving a person aside so you can pass through
watching a signed conversation
describing a distinctive feature of a person to identify them
talking with your voice around Deaf people
In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing people is...
speech and lipreading
using sign language
writing/typing back and forth
using interpreters
Which of the following are vauled in the Deaf Community? (Select 2).
being kept informed about the community and its members
restoring one's hearing
ability to speak well
to develop long term relationships
to be self-reliant
Other than "Deaf" or "Hard of Hearing", a culturally appropriate term to identify a Deaf or Hard of hearing person would be to say...
deaf and dumb
deaf and mute
hearing impaired
all of the above
none of the above
