History

Question 1

Who taught Alice Cogswell experimental signs?

Answer 1

Thomas Hopkins

Question 2

Who founded the deaf school in France in 1755 and was said to be inventor of French sign?

Answer 2

Abbe de l’ Epee

Question 3

First permanent school for the deaf was established in Hartford, Connecticut in what year?

Answer 3

1817

Question 4

Who set up deaf schools across America?

Answer 4

Thomas Hopkins Galluadet and Laurent Clerc

Question 5

The languages used by American Deaf Community is a blend of the signs brought from what place in the early 19th century and the signs already used in this country?

Answer 5

France and Latin Bibles

Question 6

What do signs represent?

Answer 6

Ideas and concepts

Question 7

International sign language is sometimes called:

Answer 7

Gestuno

Question 8

Sign language is viewed by some as art, and is used in performances by a professional drama group called:

Answer 8

The National Theater of the Deaf

Question 9

Is American Sign Language universal?

Answer 9

No

Question 10

Who was a young deaf instructor from a French school who traveled to America to assist Thomas Gallaudet?

Answer 10

Laurent Clerc