ASL and Deaf culture

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Test Your Knowledge of ASL and Deaf Culture

Discover your understanding of American Sign Language (ASL) and its cultural significance through this engaging quiz. Whether you're a beginner or someone knowledgeable about Deaf culture, this quiz offers a fun way to test your skills!

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What is American Sign Language? (Choose 2 answers)

a language utilizing space and movement to convey meaning

a visual form of English

a language using picture-like gestures to express ideas and concepts

a language that relies on mime

a language capable of expressing abstract ideas

Historically, American Sign Language is related to:

French Sign Language

British Sign Language

Swedish Sign Language

German Sign Language

American Sign Language is used by most Deaf people in which of the following countries? (Choose 2 answers)

American Sign Language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through: (Choose 2 answers)

The role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in American Sign Language is primarily:

Stylistic

Not important

Grammatical

Emotive

While watching another person sign, it is appropriate to focus on the signer's:

Ears

Face

Hands

Chest area

Among ASL signers, fingerspelling is mainly used in what ways?

interchangeably with any sign

to specify brand names

as an artistic form of signing

to give names to people and places

American Sign Language makes use of the space in front of a signer's body to: (choose 3 answers)

Indicate sentence types

Convey distance

Express time concepts

Contrast two people, places, or ideas

To get the attention of a Deaf person who is looking the other way, you should:

tap him/her on the shoulder

wave in his/her face

yell as loud as you can

go around and stand in front of the person

If the path is blocked by two signers conversing with each other, you should:

bend down very low in order to avoid passing through their signing space

go ahead and walk through

find another path

wait until they stop signing before you pass

Which of the following are considered rude by Deaf people? (Choose 2 answers)

Describing a distinctive feature of a person to identify him/her

Watching a signed conversation

Moving a person aside so you can pass through

Talking (using voice) in the presence of Deaf people

In general, the least effective communication strategy between Deaf and hearing people is:

writing back and forth

using interpreters

using Sign Language

speech and lipreading

Which of the following are valued in the Deaf community? (Choose all that apply)

to develop long term relationships

to have a sense of social obligation and duty to the group

ability to speak well

to be self-reliant (be your own person)

being kept informed about the community and its members

for community to govern their own affairs

restoring one's hearing

Other than the word "Deaf," a culturally appropriate way to identify Deaf people would be to say they are:

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