ASL Final Exam Review UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is the Deaf President Now movement? (date) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Deaf
President Now (DPN) was a student protest in March 1988 at Gallaudet University,
Washington, D.C. The university, established by an act of Congress in 1864 to serve the Deaf,
had always been led by a hearing president.
Who was the first supervisor of the first school for the deaf in the US? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
who was the first deaf teacher of deaf students in the US? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Laurent Clerc
Who founded the first successful school for the deaf in Paris? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Abbe De l'Epee
Who founded the first deaf church in the US? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Thomas Gallaudet
Who was the first linguist to verify ASL as a true language? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔William Stokoe
Who founded the first college for deaf students? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Edward Miner
Gallaudet
Who trained teachers to establish free public schools throughout Europe? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Abbe Sicard
Who was the first student to attend they first school for the deaf in the US? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Alice Cogswell
when was the world's first deaf college in DC founded? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1864
, When was the world conference of educators for the deaf in Milan, Italy when they started
abolishing sign language? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1880
when was the American School for the Deaf established in Hartford, Connnecticut founded? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔April 15, 1817
When was Martha's Vineyard? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1920's
When did the Spanish Monks use sign language to communicate and discover it as a tool t
educate deaf people? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1700's
when did ASL prove to be a true and fully developed language at Gallaudet College? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1960
what is ASL? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A language capable of expressing any abstract
idea, and utilizing space and movement to convey meaning
Historically, ASL is related to what other type of sign language? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔French Sign Language
Which 2 countries use ASL the most? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔US, Canada
What percent of deaf people have deaf parents? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔10%
Primarily, how is ASL and deaf culture transmitted to deaf people from generation to
generation? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔residential schools for the deaf
What is the role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in ASL? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔grammatical
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is the Deaf President Now movement? (date) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Deaf
President Now (DPN) was a student protest in March 1988 at Gallaudet University,
Washington, D.C. The university, established by an act of Congress in 1864 to serve the Deaf,
had always been led by a hearing president.
Who was the first supervisor of the first school for the deaf in the US? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet
who was the first deaf teacher of deaf students in the US? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Laurent Clerc
Who founded the first successful school for the deaf in Paris? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔Abbe De l'Epee
Who founded the first deaf church in the US? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Thomas Gallaudet
Who was the first linguist to verify ASL as a true language? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔William Stokoe
Who founded the first college for deaf students? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Edward Miner
Gallaudet
Who trained teachers to establish free public schools throughout Europe? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Abbe Sicard
Who was the first student to attend they first school for the deaf in the US? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Alice Cogswell
when was the world's first deaf college in DC founded? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1864
, When was the world conference of educators for the deaf in Milan, Italy when they started
abolishing sign language? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1880
when was the American School for the Deaf established in Hartford, Connnecticut founded? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔April 15, 1817
When was Martha's Vineyard? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1920's
When did the Spanish Monks use sign language to communicate and discover it as a tool t
educate deaf people? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1700's
when did ASL prove to be a true and fully developed language at Gallaudet College? -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1960
what is ASL? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔A language capable of expressing any abstract
idea, and utilizing space and movement to convey meaning
Historically, ASL is related to what other type of sign language? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔French Sign Language
Which 2 countries use ASL the most? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔US, Canada
What percent of deaf people have deaf parents? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔10%
Primarily, how is ASL and deaf culture transmitted to deaf people from generation to
generation? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔residential schools for the deaf
What is the role of facial expressions, head movements, and eye gaze in ASL? - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔grammatical
