ASL and Deaf culture
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!
- Multiple-choice and checkbox questions
- Learn more about ASL and Deaf community practices
- Suitable for all levels of ASL enthusiasts
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)
England
Canada
United States
Brazil
Mexico
Approximately what percent of Deaf people who marry are married to other Deaf people?
50%
90%
25%
75%
10%
American Sign Language is traditionally handed down from generation to generation through: (Choose 2 answers)
Classroom teachers
Residential schools for the Deaf
Deaf family members
Sign Language teachers
Deaf adults in the community
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
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