ASL Quiz

False

Sign language is English on the hands

False

Sign language is not a real language, not in the way that English is

False

American Sign Language is easy to learn

False

American Sign Language is a universal language

True

Facial expressions is important in sign language

False

Sign language has no grammar or rules of word order

False

ASL can be directly translated to English

False

All intelligent deaf people can read lips to communicate

False

A deaf person will be able to hear you if you raise your voice or shout

False

All deaf people use sign language

False

All deaf children learn sign language at an early age

False

Deaf children who learn sign language will never speak

False

All deaf people can speak and use their voice if they want to

False

Deaf people cannot drive

False

All deaf people are born to deaf parents

False

Pointing at or touching other people in Deaf culture is impolite

True

It’s very important to watch someone’s hands when they are signing

False

Deaf people will understand someone better if they use their voice when signing

False

All Deaf people are completely unable to hear

False

All hearing losses are the same

False

It’s important to ask a deaf person if they can hear and how loudly they would like to be spoken to

False

It is important to enunciate and exaggerate your words when speaking to a deaf person

False

‘Deef’ and ‘death’ are two different way to pronounce the word ‘deaf’

False

'Deaf mute’, 'deaf and dumb’, and 'hearing impaired’ are appropriate labels for a person with a hearing loss

True

You should always volunteer to help deaf people in a public setting

False

You should pity and feel sorry for Deaf people

False

If you encounter a deaf person peddling in a public place, you should buy what they’re selling to help them out

False

Deaf people live completely different lives than hearing people

False

All deaf people are nice people

False

It’s best for deaf people to associate with hearing people, rather than other deaf people

False

Deaf people can communicate just as well reading lips as they can signing

False

If a Deaf person cannot or doesn’t choose to read lips or speak, they are lazy

False

Deaf people who use sign language struggle with English, while Deaf people who read lips and use their voices to communicate are very skilled with English

False

Hearing aids help those with a hearing loss hear normally

False

Cochlear implants are an instant cure for hearing loss that are always successful

False

It is impossible to drive and have a signed conversation at the same time

False

Deaf people are naturally skilled at lip reading

False

Deaf people can read Braille

False

All Deaf people use interpreters, hearing aids, and/or cochlear implants

False

All Deaf people wish that they could hear

False

American Sign Language and British Sign Language are basically the same thing

False

Deaf people have no interest in music or dancing

True

Deaf people have a better sense of sight as a result of their loss of hearing, as the loss of one sense make other senses stronger

False

Deaf people cannot speak normally because there is something wrong with their vocal cords

False

Sign language is for Deaf people who have failed to learn how to speak English

False

Deaf children should be taught to read lips and speak, rather than to sign, so that they can grow up to be more like hearing people

False

Most parents of deaf children know sign language

False

Deaf adults are more likely to have Deaf children than hearing adults are

True

Deafness can occasionally be caused by genetics

True

People with a hearing loss are usually adults over 65 years old

False

Because ASL doesn’t have a written form, literature and poetry are impossible