exam 1

Question 1

Who spent their life dedicating to improving education for Deaf people, a teacher, pioneer, and missionary whose legacy lives on in the many schools he opened in West Africa?

Answer 1

Andrew Foster

Question 2

Who was the first deaf artist to have their own (botanical) art show at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History?

Answer 2

Regina Olson Hughes

Question 3

Who saw art and sign language as being very connected via their visual nature? “I see pictures mentally and think in gestures.” As a sculptor, they were called “the Michelangelo of the West.”

Answer 3

Douglas Tilden

Question 4

what is asl sentence structure?

Answer 4

[topic] [subject] verb [object] [subject-pronoun-tag].

Question 5

“How old are you?” in asl?

Answer 5

YOU YEAR WHAT

Question 6

What are the letters do the hands on the Lincoln Memorial?

Answer 6

His initials, A.L.

Question 7

What does DPN stand for?

Answer 7

Deaf President Now

Question 8

What are the various
parts to a sign that are not signed on the hands which convey your tone of “voice” while you sign?

Answer 8

Non-Manual Signals (NMS)

Question 9

What is fingerspelling used for?

Answer 9

1. first, last, and middle names
2. names of places (cities, states, stores)
3. titles of movies and books
4. certain foods
5. for clarification when one sign has several
   meanings
6. Example: COUNTY/COUNTRY
7. technical terms

Question 10

Name the four demands that the protesters/activists presented to the Gallaudet Board of Trustees

Answer 10

1. No harm against any student, faculty, or staff involved.
2. The Chairman (Jane Spilman) resign from the Board.
3. Elisabeth Zinser resign, and a Deaf person be selected
   as president.
4. The Board of Trustees must constitute a 51% majority
   of Deaf members.