ASL 101 Study Guide Question and
answers verified to pass 2025/2026
Which term do people in the Deaf community generally prefer? - correct answer ✔Deaf
Do you need to socialize with Deaf people if you want a sign name? - correct answer ✔Definitely!
When is shoulder shifting used? - correct answer ✔Showing the interaction of two or more people in a
story, Dialogue, Transition, Compare/Contrast
What year was the first school for the deaf in the United States established and by whom? - correct
answer ✔Laurent Clerc established the first deaf school in 1817 in Hartford, CT (Martha's Vineyard off
Cape Cod
What year was Gallaudet College (now University) founded and by whom? - correct answer ✔1864:
Edward Miner Gallaudet
What year was the Second International Congress of Education of the Deaf held and where? - correct
answer ✔September 6-11, 1880 in Milan, Italy
Which of the following is NOT a widely used mode of communication in Deaf Education today?
a. Signed English
b. ASL
c. Total Communication - correct answer ✔Total Communication (Signing and talking at the same time.
This was prominent in the past, but ended in the 70s)
What was the result of the meeting in Milan Italy at the Second International Congress of Education of
the Deaf? - correct answer ✔Sign language was banned
, What are useful tools in ASL story telling? - correct answer ✔Role shifting, classifiers, pauses, eye-gaze,
the five
Where did the football huddle originate? - correct answer ✔1894- Gallaudet. Paul Hubbard (other
team saw the sings and therefore knew the play of the other team. Because of this, the team decided to
huddle in a circle so the other team couldn't see)
What is the Deaf culture referred to in terms of privacy? - correct answer ✔Open
What is the reason for the length leave talking ritual among Deaf people? - correct answer
✔Inconnectedness of the culture, rarity of clear communication, Deaf time
What term is most often preferred by the people to whom it applies? - correct answer ✔Hard of
hearing
In what ways do the definitions of "handicapped" or "disabled" apply to Deaf people? - correct answer
✔It does not apply to Deaf people
Are American Deaf people collectivists or individualists? - correct answer ✔Collectivists
Are Deaf people occasionally offered Braille menus in restaurants? - correct answer ✔Yes.
Are the American Deaf culture and Russian Deaf culture similar or dissimilar? - correct answer ✔Similar
What is an "agent marker?" - correct answer ✔Person (sign 'teach' then do sign for 'person' and you
get 'teacher')
answers verified to pass 2025/2026
Which term do people in the Deaf community generally prefer? - correct answer ✔Deaf
Do you need to socialize with Deaf people if you want a sign name? - correct answer ✔Definitely!
When is shoulder shifting used? - correct answer ✔Showing the interaction of two or more people in a
story, Dialogue, Transition, Compare/Contrast
What year was the first school for the deaf in the United States established and by whom? - correct
answer ✔Laurent Clerc established the first deaf school in 1817 in Hartford, CT (Martha's Vineyard off
Cape Cod
What year was Gallaudet College (now University) founded and by whom? - correct answer ✔1864:
Edward Miner Gallaudet
What year was the Second International Congress of Education of the Deaf held and where? - correct
answer ✔September 6-11, 1880 in Milan, Italy
Which of the following is NOT a widely used mode of communication in Deaf Education today?
a. Signed English
b. ASL
c. Total Communication - correct answer ✔Total Communication (Signing and talking at the same time.
This was prominent in the past, but ended in the 70s)
What was the result of the meeting in Milan Italy at the Second International Congress of Education of
the Deaf? - correct answer ✔Sign language was banned
, What are useful tools in ASL story telling? - correct answer ✔Role shifting, classifiers, pauses, eye-gaze,
the five
Where did the football huddle originate? - correct answer ✔1894- Gallaudet. Paul Hubbard (other
team saw the sings and therefore knew the play of the other team. Because of this, the team decided to
huddle in a circle so the other team couldn't see)
What is the Deaf culture referred to in terms of privacy? - correct answer ✔Open
What is the reason for the length leave talking ritual among Deaf people? - correct answer
✔Inconnectedness of the culture, rarity of clear communication, Deaf time
What term is most often preferred by the people to whom it applies? - correct answer ✔Hard of
hearing
In what ways do the definitions of "handicapped" or "disabled" apply to Deaf people? - correct answer
✔It does not apply to Deaf people
Are American Deaf people collectivists or individualists? - correct answer ✔Collectivists
Are Deaf people occasionally offered Braille menus in restaurants? - correct answer ✔Yes.
Are the American Deaf culture and Russian Deaf culture similar or dissimilar? - correct answer ✔Similar
What is an "agent marker?" - correct answer ✔Person (sign 'teach' then do sign for 'person' and you
get 'teacher')
