SHS 222 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS 2026
1. Which of the following terms, attached to the idea of hearing, does not "sit
well" with many Deaf people, and is considered demeaning?
a. weakened
b. damaged
c. impaired: -ANSWERS- c. Impaired
2. Alexander Graham Bell
a. made considerable scientific contributions to society
b. was an American hero
c. is seen as a tyrant by the Deaf community
d. a and b only
e. a, b, and c: -ANSWERS- E a,b, and c only
3. Laurent Clerc brought ____________ to the United States.
a. American Sign Language
b. French Sign Language
c. Caribbean Sign Language-ANSWERS- b. French Sign Language
4. Deaf people want you to see them as having a physical handicap, as being not
normal, and as wanted to be cured.
a.True
b.False-ANSWERS- b. false
5. Many alumni of Gallaudet university-ANSWERS-
a. were frustrated that the university was not doing business with its own
alumni
,b. were proud that the university was doing all it could to support its deaf
alumni-ANSWERS- a. were frustrated that the university was not doing business with its own
alumni
6. Deaf (capital D) people do not consider themselves to be disabled, as a rule.
Rather, they see themselves as
a. "handicapped" by the linguistic situation they are in when there is no ASL
b. part of a linguistic and cultural minority
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b-ANSWERS- c. both a and b
7. Which of the finalists was hearing?
a. Dr. Harvey J. Corson of Louisiana
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b. Dr. Irving King Jordan of Maryland
c. Dr. Elisabeth A. Zinser of North Carolina-ANSWERS- c. Dr. Elisabeth A. Zinser of North Carolina
8. The organizers of the rally believed they needed to act quickly to get a deaf
president or else endure a long wait.
a. True
b. False-ANSWERS- a. True
9. 1964 Deaf telephone Robert Weitbrecht invented the
a. first teletypewriter
b. first pager. first closed captioning for tv-ANSWERS- a. first typewriter
10. According to Carolyn McCaskill in the film Through Deaf Eyes, Black Deaf
people tend to use
a. exactly the same sign language as white people
, b. a Black way of signing with special linguistic features-ANSWERS- b. a Black way of signing with
special linguistic features
11. France is important in the history of Deaf culture and ASL because-ANSWERS-
a. the history of French sign language provides us with evidence that natural
sign language existed
b. it was a Frenchman, Laurent Clerc, who came to the US with Gallaudet to help
us establish what would eventually become Gallaudet University
c. Laurent Clerc, the Frenchman who came to the US with Gallaudet, helped us
to model an early form of ASL on a mixture of our own 'homegrown' signs plus
English grammar, plus signs from Old French Sign Language (OFSL)
d. a and b only
e. a and c only
f. b and c only
g. a, b, and c-ANSWERS- g. a, b, and c
12. It has been claimed that
a. only English offers deaf people 100% access to information
b. a mix of English and ASL offers deaf people 100% access to information
c. only ASL offers deaf people 100% access to information-ANSWERS- c. only ASL offers deaf
people
100% access to information
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13. Academic ASL is often used in
a. graduate schools
b. high-tech environments
ANSWERS 2026
1. Which of the following terms, attached to the idea of hearing, does not "sit
well" with many Deaf people, and is considered demeaning?
a. weakened
b. damaged
c. impaired: -ANSWERS- c. Impaired
2. Alexander Graham Bell
a. made considerable scientific contributions to society
b. was an American hero
c. is seen as a tyrant by the Deaf community
d. a and b only
e. a, b, and c: -ANSWERS- E a,b, and c only
3. Laurent Clerc brought ____________ to the United States.
a. American Sign Language
b. French Sign Language
c. Caribbean Sign Language-ANSWERS- b. French Sign Language
4. Deaf people want you to see them as having a physical handicap, as being not
normal, and as wanted to be cured.
a.True
b.False-ANSWERS- b. false
5. Many alumni of Gallaudet university-ANSWERS-
a. were frustrated that the university was not doing business with its own
alumni
,b. were proud that the university was doing all it could to support its deaf
alumni-ANSWERS- a. were frustrated that the university was not doing business with its own
alumni
6. Deaf (capital D) people do not consider themselves to be disabled, as a rule.
Rather, they see themselves as
a. "handicapped" by the linguistic situation they are in when there is no ASL
b. part of a linguistic and cultural minority
c. both a and b
d. neither a nor b-ANSWERS- c. both a and b
7. Which of the finalists was hearing?
a. Dr. Harvey J. Corson of Louisiana
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b. Dr. Irving King Jordan of Maryland
c. Dr. Elisabeth A. Zinser of North Carolina-ANSWERS- c. Dr. Elisabeth A. Zinser of North Carolina
8. The organizers of the rally believed they needed to act quickly to get a deaf
president or else endure a long wait.
a. True
b. False-ANSWERS- a. True
9. 1964 Deaf telephone Robert Weitbrecht invented the
a. first teletypewriter
b. first pager. first closed captioning for tv-ANSWERS- a. first typewriter
10. According to Carolyn McCaskill in the film Through Deaf Eyes, Black Deaf
people tend to use
a. exactly the same sign language as white people
, b. a Black way of signing with special linguistic features-ANSWERS- b. a Black way of signing with
special linguistic features
11. France is important in the history of Deaf culture and ASL because-ANSWERS-
a. the history of French sign language provides us with evidence that natural
sign language existed
b. it was a Frenchman, Laurent Clerc, who came to the US with Gallaudet to help
us establish what would eventually become Gallaudet University
c. Laurent Clerc, the Frenchman who came to the US with Gallaudet, helped us
to model an early form of ASL on a mixture of our own 'homegrown' signs plus
English grammar, plus signs from Old French Sign Language (OFSL)
d. a and b only
e. a and c only
f. b and c only
g. a, b, and c-ANSWERS- g. a, b, and c
12. It has been claimed that
a. only English offers deaf people 100% access to information
b. a mix of English and ASL offers deaf people 100% access to information
c. only ASL offers deaf people 100% access to information-ANSWERS- c. only ASL offers deaf
people
100% access to information
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13. Academic ASL is often used in
a. graduate schools
b. high-tech environments
