1. George W. Veditz was one of the first deaf filmmakers
2. The rally cry was "Deaf President Now!"
3. After the rally, students were eager to
become more involved
in the poli- tics of their
university
4. Which of the following terms, attached to the impaired
idea of hearing, does not "sit well" with many
Deaf people, and is considered demeaning?
5. Residential school experience, use of ASL as
traditional facets of Deaf
the pri-
mary form of communication, and participation in the culture
wider Deaf community are visible markers of
6. George W. Veditz, president of the National Associa- Prohibited deaf
people
tion of the Deaf, protested against the Civil Service law from working
for the gov-
that ernment
7. Bell stated that the procreation of undesirable
children True would weaken the community and
undermine the hu- man race.
8. Alexander Graham Bell made considerable
scien- tific
contributions to soci-
ety
was an American hero
is seen as a tyrant by
the Deaf community
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9. To many Deaf people, Hard-of-Hearing signals
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someone whose experi-
ences are closer to those
of hearing people
10. Alexander Graham Bell is best known for inventing the telephone
11. Many sentences in ASL employ topic-comment The subway? My
struc- ture. Which of the following sentences wallet they stole on the
from spoken English in the New York/New
subway! And you wanna
Jersey area of the US would fall into this
take the subway...
category?
12. Rarified ASL is seen in stage perfor-
mances and is a
vividly expressive
presentation of ASL
13. Englished ASL has also been called: Modern ASL
14. Deaf people have been proud of ASL since its inception False
15. Accents in sign language can tell us: where a signer is
from in the US
if a signer is older or
younger
if a signer is from
another country
16. Language only has one function: to communicate. False
17. Abbe de l'Epee founded the first free educational insti- 1771
tution for deaf people in France in:
18. Many Deaf people are bilingual. True
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