American Sign Language

Why is American Sign Language important?

Which option below illustrates the sign for "Like"?

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4
• Option 5
• Option 6
• Option 7
• Option 8
• Option 9
• Option 10
• Option 11

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "G".

• Future
• Past
• Present
• Distant Past
• Distant Future
• Recent Past
• Near Future
• All of the above
• None of the above

Which of the following Greek figures was the only person to have thought somewhat positively of the deaf person's capabilities?

• Socrates
• Plato
• Aristotle
• Marcus Aurelius

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

This sign represents what concept?

• Computer Science
• Information Technology (IT)
• Journalism

This Spanish monk is believed to have establish the first manual alphabet, although not the first to have published a book about it.

• Hernan Cortes
• Juan Pablo de Bonet
• St. Augustine
• Pedro Ponce de Leon

This is the sign for

• How much, how much?

_Select the picture below that illustrates the sign for "Which".

• Option1
• Option2
• Option3
• Option4
• Option 5
• Option 6

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "J".

• Future
• Past
• Present
• Distant Past
• Distant Future
• Recent Past
• Near Future
• All of the above
• None of the above

This is the sign for

• Play, playing

Explain the history and significance of the two men pictured here:

12 = 0.5frac{1}{2} = 0.521​ = 0.5

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This is the sign for

• How many, how many?

This is the sign for

• Create

_Select the picture below that illustrates the sign for "I agree/me too".

• Option1
• Option2
• Option3
• Option4
• Option 5
• Option 6

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "A".

• Regularly: repeated, small straight-line movement.
• Over and Over Again: Repeated cycle of a tense straight-line movement followed by an arc-like transitional movement back to the starting place.
• Over Time: A repeated, circular movement.
• Long Time: A slower, repeated, elliptical movement.
• All of the above.
• None of the above.

This is the sign for

• Left, leave

This is the sign for [Blank]

• Where

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

This is the sign for

• Result, results

This is the sign for

• Race

Which of the following are non-manual signals for showing that a location is a moderate distance? Check all the boxes that apply.

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

What helped bring deaf Americans out of the Dark Ages of Deaf History?

Using what you saw in the video "Sentence-2" fill in the blanks to make a complete sentence. There is one blank for each word signed. [Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank]" [Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank]

Which of the following are non-manual signals for showing that a location is far away? Check all the boxes that apply.

Which of the following are non-manual signals for showing that a location is very near?

This is the sign for

• Stay, continue

ASL does not use conjugated verbs.

• True
• False

Little "d" deaf is used in reference to deaf individuals who use sign language.

• True
• False

What does this sign mean?

• Good

What does this sign mean

• Dinner Time
• Flower
• Bathroom
• Bad

This sign represent SCIENCE.

• TRUE
• FALSE

What year did ASL become recognized as a language in the U.S.?

• 1970
• 1960
• 1950
• 1980

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

Which option below illustrates the sign for "Interesting"?

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4
• Option 5
• Option 6
• Option 7
• Option 8
• Option 9
• Option 10
• Option 11

What does this sign mean

• Hey There
• Excellent
• All Done
• Yay!

This sign represents which concept?

• Economics
• Business
• Engineering

_Select the picture below that illustrates the sign for "Be careful".

• Option1
• Option2
• Option3
• Option4
• Option 5
• Option 6

Do you know any sign language?

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

Which option below illustrates the sign for "Lonely"?

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4
• Option 5
• Option 6
• Option 7
• Option 8
• Option 9
• Option 10
• Option 11

Which option below illustrates the sign for "Very"?

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4
• Option 5
• Option 6
• Option 7
• Option 8
• Option 9
• Option 10
• Option 11

You must change 2 of the 4 parameters or one parameter and the movement to change the meaning of a sign.

• True
• False

This sign represents economics.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Which option below illustrates the sign for "Don't Mind"?

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4
• Option 5
• Option 6
• Option 7
• Option 8
• Option 9
• Option 10
• Option 11

What non-manual signals do you use to ask a who, what, where, when question?

• Raise eyebrows, lean head forward, hold last sign in sentence.
• Tilt head, lean head forward, hold last sign in sentence.
• Lower eyebrows, Lean back, hold last sign in sentence.
• Lower eyebrows, lean head forward, hold last sign in sentence.
• All of the above
• None of the above

Why is American Sign Language Important to you?

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

_Select all that apply;ABC

In 1913, who approached the NAD about making "The Preservation of Sign Language"?

• George Veditz
• Laurent Clerc
• Abbe Sicard
• Thomas Gallaudet

LCU (Laurent Clerc University) is the university for the deaf in Washington, D.C.

• True
• False

American Sign Language Club has meetings Wednesday Nights at 6pm in Grubbs Hall 114, are you interested in attending?

Building off of the work of a benedictine monk from Spain, Juan Pablo de Bonet published the first book on teaching sign language using a manual alphabet. What year did he do this?

• 1620

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "K".

• Future
• Past
• Present
• Distant Past
• Distant Future
• Recent Past
• Near Future
• All of the above
• None of the above

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

This is the sign for

• Thank you

This is the sign for

• Stop

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church
• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal

This is the sign for

• cause, make happen

This is the sign for

• Dance, dancing

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• confused
• spin
• tornado
• messy

This sign represents what concept?

• Degree
• Linguistics
• Literature

Which of the following relates to Deaf President Now in 1988? (select all that apply)

This sign means what?

• Quiet
• Good Job
• Stop
• Help

This sign represents what concept?

• teaching
• engineering
• counseling

What is this letter?

• A

Which option below illustrates the sign for "Stupid"?

• Option 1
• Option 2
• Option 3
• Option 4
• Option 5
• Option 6
• Option 7
• Option 8
• Option 9
• Option 10
• Option 11

This is the sign for

• Discover, find

What letter comes next in the alphabet?

• C
• E
• L
• J

_Select the picture below that illustrates the sign for "True/Really".

• Option1
• Option2
• Option3
• Option4
• Option 5
• Option 6

Where was the first FREE school for the deaf (which used sign language instruction) located?

• London
• Paris
• Hartford
• Prague

Is Sign Language a popular language?

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "E".

• Future
• Past
• Present
• Distant Past
• Distant Future
• Recent Past
• Near Future
• All of the above
• None of the above

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "F".

• Future
• Past
• Present
• Distant Past
• Distant Future
• Recent Past
• Near Future
• All of the above
• None of the above

What letter is this?

• Letter H

What does this sign mean?

• Hungry

Using what you saw in the video "Sentence-4" fill in the blanks to make a complete sentence. There is one blank for each word signed.[Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank] [Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank]

What sign is this?

• Pink

What other language is ASL derived from?

• Spanish Sign Language
• Hebrew Sign Langauge
• French Sign Language

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church
• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal

This sign represents SCIENCE

• TRUE
• FALSE

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "B".

• Regularly: repeated, small straight-line movement.
• Over and Over Again: Repeated cycle of a tense straight-line movement followed by an arc-like transitional movement back to the starting place.
• Over Time: A repeated, circular movement.
• Long Time: A slower, repeated, elliptical movement.
• All of the above.
• None of the above.

In ASL fingerspelling is used mainly for what? Check all the boxes that apply.

What letter is this?

• V
• A
• D
• U

What is the basic sentence structure in ASL?

• Subject Verb Object
• Object Verb Subject
• Verb Subject Object

What is this sign?

• more
• practice
• again
• stop

What is this sign?

• Question
• Bathroom
• Stop
• Thank you

German teacher Samuel Heinicke opened an Oralist school in Leipzig where he taught deaf to be by:

• giving them jobs in factories
• teaching them sign language
• using drawings and pictures
• having them feel his throat

This sign represents what concept?

• American Literature
• American Culture
• American Sign Language

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "C".

• Regularly: repeated, small straight-line movement.
• Over and Over Again: Repeated cycle of a tense straight-line movement followed by an arc-like transitional movement back to the starting place.
• Over Time: A repeated, circular movement.
• Long Time: A slower, repeated, elliptical movement.
• All of the above.
• None of the above.

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

What does this sign mean

• more

In the year ________, the first school for the deaf, later called the American school for the Deaf, was opened in ___(location)____.

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

This is the sign for

• Visit

Using what you saw in the video "Sentence-3" fill in the blanks to make a complete sentence. There is one blank for each word signed.HINT: They number at the end of the sentence is only one blank space. [Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank]"[Blank][Blank][Blank]

What letter is this?

• C
• Y
• I
• J

_Select the picture below that illustrates the sign for "Who".

• Option1
• Option2
• Option3
• Option4
• Option 5
• Option 6

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "H".

• Future
• Past
• Present
• Distant Past
• Distant Future
• Recent Past
• Near Future
• All of the above
• None of the above

This sign represents what concept?

• Architecture
• Engineering
• Psychology

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

This sign represents what concept?

• Engineering
• Interpret
• Mathematics

What happened at the Conference of Milan?

In ASL grammar, the subject always comes first, followed by the verb and/or directional verb.

• True
• False

L'Epee was known as "The Father of the Deaf," what did he do?

• Healed a deaf man
• learned sign language from the deaf and made it systematic
• brought French sign language to America
• Taught deaf people to speak

This is the sign for

• Fly, plane

This is the sign for [Blank]

• finish, finished, complete, done

This sign represents what concept?

• deaf studies

_Select the picture below that illustrates the sign for "Please".

• Option1
• Option2
• Option3
• Option4
• Option 5
• Option 6
• Option 7
• Option 8
• Option 9
• Option 10
• Option 11
• Option 12
• Option 13
• Option 14

In 1864, who founded the college later called Gallaudet University?

• Edward Gallaudet
• Thomas Gallaudet
• Laurent Gallaudet
• Alexander Graham Bell

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church
• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist

Who was responsible for influencing the belief in early Christianity that deafness was a sign of God's anger for sinning parents?

• Thomas Braidwood
• St. Augustine
• Pedro Ponce De Leon
• Aristotle

In what year did both the Conference of Milan and the National Association for the Deaf convene?

• 1872
• 1876
• 1880
• 1913

Using what you saw in the video "Sentence-1" fill in the blanks to make a complete sentence. There is one blank for each word signed. [Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank][Blank]

_Select at least 5 Deaf cultural norms.

This is the sign for

• Sit

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "D".

• Regularly: repeated, small straight-line movement.
• Over and Over Again: Repeated cycle of a tense straight-line movement followed by an arc-like transitional movement back to the starting place.
• Over Time: A repeated, circular movement.
• Long Time: A slower, repeated, elliptical movement.
• All of the above.
• None of the above.

Following Deaf President Now (1988), which piece of legislation provided the deaf with greater communication, education, and employment opportunities by allowing for accessibility and accommodations?

• PL 94-142
• The Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• The Conference of Milan
• The Americans with Disabilities Act

_Select the accurate position for the letter ‘E’

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This is the sign for

• Park, parking, park car, parked car, car parking

This sign represents what concept?

• Science
• Interpreting
• Sociology

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church
• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist

This sign represents what concept?

• architecture

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

Public Law 940142 (passed in 1975) provided what we call "F.A.P.E." What does that stand for?

What are three non-manual signals to use when asking a yes or no question?

• Raise eyebrows, hold the last sign in the sentence, lean head back.
• Lower eyebrows lean head forward, hold the last sign in the sentence.
• Tilt head, lean forward, hold last sign in the sentence.
• Raise eyebrows, lean head forward, hold the last sign in the sentence.
• All of the above
• None of the above

TRUE OR FALSE: Martha's vineyard is famous for a naturally occurring community of signers that later influenced the development of ASL.

• TRUE
• FALSE

The verb form of a word is different in what two ways from it's noun form?

• Twice the movement and smaller.
• Half the movement and larger.
• Half the movement and faster.
• Twice the movement and bigger.
• All of the above.
• None of the above.

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

What are the main categories of signing?

• Colors, Numbers, Days of the week, Vocabulary, and .Sentence Structure.

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

This sign represents what concept?

• Political Science
• Politics
• Psychology

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church

Known as the "father of ASL linguistics, what did William Stokoe accomplish in the 1960's?

Congratulations for completing ASL Level-1! I hope you enjoyed your adventure in sign language. The final question I have is please tell me what things you enjoyed about the class and how you think we could make it better. We are always trying to make our ASL-I class a fun learning experience so we value your opinions. Thanks and have a great break!

This is the sign for [Blank]

• Sorry, I'm sorry, apologize

Which Greek philosophy states that the ability to reason and use language is present at birth and if one could not speak, that must mean the person is unintelligent?

• Enlightenment
• Oralism
• Innate Intelligence
• Manualism

What does this sign mean?

• Happy

This sign represents what concept?

• helicopter
• medicine
• engineering

The time of the first school for the deaf opening in America until the rise of Oralism is known as:

• Enlightenment
• The Dark Ages of Deaf History
• The Golden Age of Deaf Education
• Deaf President Now

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal
• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church
• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist

Check the box below that correctly identifies the pictured sign.

• Mormon
• Jewish
• Church
• Nun
• God
• Honor
• Christian
• Presbyterian
• Methodist
• Baptize
• Lutheran
• Catholic
• Bless
• Sin
• Episcopal

Look at the ASL Time Grammar picture. Below, select the correct definition for the movement labeled, "I".

• Future
• Past
• Present
• Distant Past
• Distant Future
• Recent Past
• Near Future
• All of the above
• None of the above

This is the sign for

• Run

This is the sign for [Blank]

• When

ASL (___________ Sign Language)

• American

Which of the following does American Sign Language NOT owe it's origins to?

• Gallaudet
• Native American Sign Language
• French Sign Language
• Existing sign language in the U.S.
• All of the above
• None of the above

Which of the following is an ASL parameter?

• Finger Shape
• Palm Movement
• Location
• Hand Signal
• All of the above
• None of the above

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

Look at the picture and select the correct answer as to what is being signed.

• Gossip
• Say
• Confess
• Scream
• Discuss
• Lecture
• Communicate
• Interpret
• Voice
• Announce
• Whisper
• Talk
• Tell
• Inform

American Sign Language is used for people who are ____ or hard of hearing.

• deaf

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Which school for the deaf in England helped developed British Sign Language and later denied helping Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet?

• Gallaudet University
• Martha's Vineyard
• American School for the Deaf
• The Braidwood Academy for the Deaf and Dumb

_Select the picture below that illustrates the sign for "I made a mistake".

• Option 6
• Option1
• Option2
• Option3
• Option4
• Option 5

This is the sign for

• Come, come here