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Deaf History

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

German teacher Samuel Heinicke opened an Oralist school in Leipzig where he taught deaf to be by:

a)

giving them jobs in factories

b)

teaching them sign language

c)

using drawings and pictures

d)

having them feel his throat

2.

Who was responsible for influencing the belief in early Christianity that deafness was a sign of God's anger for sinning parents?

a)

Thomas Braidwood

b)

St. Augustine

c)

Pedro Ponce De Leon

d)

Aristotle

3.

This Spanish monk is believed to have establish the first manual alphabet, although not the first to have published a book about it.

a)

Hernan Cortes

b)

Juan Pablo de Bonet

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Pedro Ponce de Leon

4.

In what year did both the Conference of Milan and the National Association for the Deaf convene?

a)

1872

b)

1876

c)

1880

d)

1913

5.

Which school for the deaf in England helped developed British Sign Language and later denied helping Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet?

a)

Gallaudet University

b)

Martha's Vineyard

c)

American School for the Deaf

d)

The Braidwood Academy for the Deaf and Dumb

6.

Which Greek philosophy states that the ability to reason and use language is present at birth and if one could not speak, that must mean the person is unintelligent?

a)

Enlightenment

b)

Oralism

c)

Innate Intelligence

d)

Manualism

7.

The time of the first school for the deaf opening in America until the rise of Oralism is known as:

a)

Enlightenment

b)

The Dark Ages of Deaf History

c)

The Golden Age of Deaf Education

d)

Deaf President Now

8.

Following Deaf President Now (1988), which piece of legislation provided the deaf with greater communication, education, and employment opportunities by allowing for accessibility and accommodations?

a)

PL 94-142

b)

The Rehabilitation Act of 1973

c)

The Conference of Milan

d)

The Americans with Disabilities Act

9.

L'Epee was known as "The Father of the Deaf," what did he do?

a)

Healed a deaf man

b)

learned sign language from the deaf and made it systematic

c)

brought French sign language to America

d)

Taught deaf people to speak

10.

TRUE OR FALSE: Martha's vineyard is famous for a naturally occurring community of signers that later influenced the development of ASL.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Where was the first FREE school for the deaf (which used sign language instruction) located?

a)

London

b)

Paris

c)

Hartford

d)

Prague

12.

Building off of the work of a benedictine monk from Spain, Juan Pablo de Bonet published the first book on teaching sign language using a manual alphabet. What year did he do this?

(a)  

13.

In 1913, who approached the NAD about making "The Preservation of Sign Language"?

a)

George Veditz

b)

Laurent Clerc

c)

Abbe Sicard

d)

Thomas Gallaudet

14.

Which of the following Greek figures was the only person to have thought somewhat positively of the deaf person's capabilities?

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Marcus Aurelius

15.

In 1864, who founded the college later called Gallaudet University?

a)

Edward Gallaudet

b)

Thomas Gallaudet

c)

Laurent Gallaudet

d)

Alexander Graham Bell