Q 01/05

In Deaf culture, what does writing 'Deaf' with a big D signify, as opposed to a small d?

A) Being born deaf rather than deafened later in life

B) Formal usage required in legal documents

C) Nothing; it is a typographical habit only

D) Cultural identity rather than just the audiological condition

Answer · why

D) Cultural identity rather than just the audiological condition

Many members of Deaf communities see deafness as a difference in human experience rather than a disability.

Q 02/05

ASL is most closely related to the signing of which country?

A) Britain

B) Germany

C) Spain

D) France

Answer · why

D) France

ASL is not based on English and is not universal; BSL is a completely different language.

Q 03/05

ASL emerged in the early 19th century at which institution?

A) Gallaudet University in Washington

B) The Perkins Institute in Boston

C) The American School for the Deaf in Hartford

D) The Clarke School in Northampton

Answer · why

C) The American School for the Deaf in Hartford

It blended Old French Sign Language, Martha's Vineyard signs, other village sign languages and home signs.

Q 04/05

Which deaf French teacher co-founded North America's first permanent deaf school with Gallaudet in 1817?

A) Abbé Sicard

B) Laurent Clerc

C) Jean Massieu

D) Charles-Michel de l'Épée

Answer · why

B) Laurent Clerc

He was called 'the Apostle of the Deaf in America' and had been taught in Paris by Sicard and Massieu.

Q 05/05

In which Connecticut city was the first permanent American school for the deaf founded?

A) Hartford

B) New Haven

C) Stamford

D) Bridgeport

Answer · why

A) Hartford

It opened in the old Bennet's City Hotel and is now the American School for the Deaf in West Hartford.