ASL 100 FINAL EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. American Sign Language got its start from...
Answer:
French Sign Language
Question:
2. Who founded the first school for the Deaf in France?
Answer:
Charles Michel de I'Eppe (Abbé de I'Eppe)
Question:
3. Thomas Gallaudet brought whom back with him from Europe to establish a school for the deaf?
Answer:
Laurent Clerc
Question:
4. Who was known as "The Apostle of the Deaf in America"?
Answer:
Laurent Clerc
Question:
5. During the Middle Ages deaf people were sometimes employed as:
Answer:
Court Jesters
Question:
6. The island off the coast of Massachusetts with a large population of Deaf is:
Answer:
Martha's Vineyard
Question:
7. The first school for the Deaf in the United States was located where?
Answer:
Hartford, Connecticut
Question:
8. The period of time when American Sign Language flourishes and approximately 40% of all teachers of
the Deaf are Deaf themselves is known as the:
Answer:
Golden Age
, Question:
9. Benedictine monks invented a signed language to avoid breaking their vows of silence.
Answer:
True
Question:
10. Who started the American School for the Deaf?
Answer:
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc
Question:
11. Who did Thomas Gallaudet meet that inspired him to begin research into education of the Deaf?
Answer:
Alice Cogswell
Question:
12. Many early religious leaders including St. Augustine taught that deafness was a sign of God's anger.
Answer:
True
Question:
13. Which is untrue about Martha's Vineyard?
Answer:
Was a terrifying and isolated environment
Question:
14. How many Deaf individuals were in attendance at the Milan Conference?
Answer:
1
Question:
15. What was one of the effects of the Milan Conference?
Answer:
A resolution that declared that the oral method was superior to signing in education.
Question:
16. Which of the following is untrue about Alexander Graham Bell?
Answer:
Invented the first hearing aid.
Question:
17. What event took place at Gallaudet University in 1988?
Answer:
Deaf President Now protests
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
1. American Sign Language got its start from...
Answer:
French Sign Language
Question:
2. Who founded the first school for the Deaf in France?
Answer:
Charles Michel de I'Eppe (Abbé de I'Eppe)
Question:
3. Thomas Gallaudet brought whom back with him from Europe to establish a school for the deaf?
Answer:
Laurent Clerc
Question:
4. Who was known as "The Apostle of the Deaf in America"?
Answer:
Laurent Clerc
Question:
5. During the Middle Ages deaf people were sometimes employed as:
Answer:
Court Jesters
Question:
6. The island off the coast of Massachusetts with a large population of Deaf is:
Answer:
Martha's Vineyard
Question:
7. The first school for the Deaf in the United States was located where?
Answer:
Hartford, Connecticut
Question:
8. The period of time when American Sign Language flourishes and approximately 40% of all teachers of
the Deaf are Deaf themselves is known as the:
Answer:
Golden Age
, Question:
9. Benedictine monks invented a signed language to avoid breaking their vows of silence.
Answer:
True
Question:
10. Who started the American School for the Deaf?
Answer:
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet and Laurent Clerc
Question:
11. Who did Thomas Gallaudet meet that inspired him to begin research into education of the Deaf?
Answer:
Alice Cogswell
Question:
12. Many early religious leaders including St. Augustine taught that deafness was a sign of God's anger.
Answer:
True
Question:
13. Which is untrue about Martha's Vineyard?
Answer:
Was a terrifying and isolated environment
Question:
14. How many Deaf individuals were in attendance at the Milan Conference?
Answer:
1
Question:
15. What was one of the effects of the Milan Conference?
Answer:
A resolution that declared that the oral method was superior to signing in education.
Question:
16. Which of the following is untrue about Alexander Graham Bell?
Answer:
Invented the first hearing aid.
Question:
17. What event took place at Gallaudet University in 1988?
Answer:
Deaf President Now protests
