ASL Final (Written)

What is the difference between Deaf and deaf?

DEAF is someone who uses ASL to communicate and is involved in the Deaf community, deaf is someone who is not involved in the community and/or does not use ASL to communicate

Most of society did not believe that ASL was a real language until when?

1970s

For Deaf children from hearing families, the most common pathway to a Deaf community is

Other deaf children in a residential school

True/False. Many of the themes in ASL literature relate to the social conditions in which Deaf people find themselves in America.

True

Name the two people that established the first school for the Deaf children in America.

Gallaudet, Clerc

What is the name of the first school for Deaf children in the US and where is it located?

School name: American School for the Deaf

Location: Hartford, Connecticut

What is the estimated number of Deaf people in the US that use ASL?

200,000-500,000

Name the four sign systems that are heavily influenced by English.

Sign English, Pidgin Sign English, Manually Coded English, Sign Supported Speech

True/False. Sign language has existed in the US since the late 1800s

False

Explain why Deaf people do not view themselves as handicapped/disabled.

They can do anything everyone else can do but hear.

What does WRAD stand for?

World Recreation Association of the Deaf

Is ASL universal? Explain.

No, it’s American Sign Language.

Name the members of Helen Keller’s family.

Helen, Kate, Arthur, James, the baby, Aunt Evelyn

What disabilities does Helen have?

Deaf and blind

Who is Helen’s teacher?

Anne Sulivan

True/False. Helen’s teacher was a student at the Perkins Institute for the Deaf.

False, the Perkins Institute for the Blind

What age was Helen able to say her first words?

10 months

What was the first word Helen learned to sign?

Doll

Describe what Helen does when she wants her mother.

She does a stroking motion on the side of her face (two fingers up)

True/False. Helen stayed with her teacher in the cabin for 2 weeks.

True

Name four words Helen signed while she was in the cabin.

Dog, water, Helen, face

In the movie what does Helen do with the keys (beginning and end)?

Helen locks Anne in her room and drops the key down the well. At the end she gives Anne the key to the room she locked her in

What does the Captain promise Helen’s teacher after their stay in the cabin?

To not undo the things Anne taught her.

What word does Helen finally understand?

Water

In the movie, you see when Helen’s teacher first arrives, the Captain is very skeptical. Helen doesn’t seem to care for her and becomes afraid of her at times. However, in the end, Helen comes to love her. What role besides “teacher” do you think she played for Helen? Do you think she was Helen’s “last hope” before being sent to a sanitarium?

How did Anne’s roles affect the other family members?

Anne was much more than a teacher, she became a member of the family. Anne was the only one who had faith in Helen, therefore, her only/last hope.

The family didn’t trust Anne, they thought she was too rough with Helen.

Who is the main character in What the Deaf Man Heard?

Sammy Ayers

What is the name of the bus station manager who takes care of the boy in What the Deaf Man Heard?

Norm Jenkins

Why did the boy in What the Deaf Man Heard pretend to be deaf in the beginning of the movie?

Because his mother told him not to say another word.

What is the name of the moonshine guy who helps the main character in What the Deaf Man Heard around town?

Archibald Thacker

What is the name of the town the boy and his mother in What the Deaf Man Heard heading to?

Barrington, GA

Why did Tolliver set the cherry bomb to explode?

To prove that the boy wasn’t really deaf

What were two names that the main character in What the Deaf Man Heard was called because he was deaf?

Dumb dumb, deaf and dumb

True/False Tallassee was adopted

True

What are the two words that the main character in What the Deaf Man Heard spoke and what was he doing when he said the?

He was being put under oath and said “I do”

What was the main character’s job in What the Deaf Man Heard?

Handyman

What did the main character in What the Deaf Man Heard do with his inheritance money?

He made sure Lucielle and Norm would never have to work again, gave Tallassee the money she needed to travel and take pictures, gave Tolliver some pocket money, and made the home for stray children.

How did the moonshine guy know that the main character in What the Deaf Man Heard was not deaf?

He laughed at a joke

Where were the main character and Tallassee from What the Deaf Man Heard going at the end of the movie?

St. Louis

What was Norm’s sign name?

N by the forehead

What does DPN stand for?

Deaf President Now

Name the four demands from the DPN protest.

Zinser resign and Deaf president is elected, the chair of the Board of Trustees (Spilman) to be resigned, at least 51% of the Board of Trustees members must be deaf, and no punishment for those involved in the protest.

What are the three candidates for the Presidential position and their “hearing/deafness status”

Zinser - hearing

Jordan - deaf

Cormon - deaf

What announcement ignited the DPN protest?

The announcement that Zinser was the seventh hearing president at Gallaudet

The Board of Trustees chose _________ as the seventh president of Gallaudet.

Zinser

True/False The DPN supporters believed that the time had come for a deaf person to run the world’s only university for deaf and hard of hearing individuals.

True

The ________________ became the headquarters for the protest and DPN Council.

The Field House

Name the four students that emerged as student leaders in the protest (first and last).

Greg Hibok, Brigetta Bourne, Tim Rarus, and Jerry Covell

True/False March 6, 1988 was a crucial date in the history of DPN because it was the day of the first fully organized rally.

False, it was March 1

Who supposedly said, “Deaf people are not able to function in a hearing world.”

Spilman

Name the city/state that the DPN protest was in.

Location: Gallaudet University

City/State:

Washington DC

Deaf people can do anything except ________

Hear

True/False Phil Bravin became the new chairperson of the Board of Trustees after the DPN protest

True

More than _________ to ____________ University students, staff, faculty, alumni, and members of the local Deaf Community participated in the first rally.

1,000 - 2,000

___________________ became Gallaudet’s eighth and first deaf president?

King Jordan

How many years had it been prior to the protest and the announcement that Gallaudet finally had a deaf president?

124