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DEAF STUDIES 200
The Handshape Book pages 1-29
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Undergraduate 1
03/22/2009

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What is the Galleudet University tradition?
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Preparatory students would bury rats (stuffed animals) to end their prepaRATory year.
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Who said "ASL is original like Picasso whereas signed English is like painting by numbers"?
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Dr. Yerker Andersson
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Who is Dr. Yerker Andersson?
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retired Galluedet professor
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What does ASL NOW emphasize?
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that it's time for ASL to be given fuller recognition as a legal language
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Signed English is similar to ASL, true or false?
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False
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What is one of the popular deaf culutural traditions?
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Story-telling and skits
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What does the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf offer in theatre for the deaf?
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High-technology visual access
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What is Deafywood?
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A group of Deaf performers that travel across the country to perform comedic skits in ASL
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Who is Deafywood's most popular character? What is his costume?
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Superdeafy/Gorilla
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Who is Superdeafy played by?
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John Maucere
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What is MCE?
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Manually Coded English
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What building is in St. Paul, Minnesota?
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Charles Thompson Memorial Hall
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Who designed the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall?
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Olaf Hanson in 1916
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What is the significance of the Charles Thompson Memorial Hall?
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Back when, Deaf would socialize there with visually accessible things: captioned movies, card games, skits, ect
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What is Clayton Valli known for?
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His demonstration that ASL has its own poetry; produced the videotape ASL Poetry: Selected works of Clayton Valli
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What poem did Clayton Valli write?
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I'm Sorry
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What is ASLTA?
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American Sign Language Teachers Association
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What does ASLTA do?
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the only organization that certifies deaf teachers; major goal is to determine ASL curriculum for deaf
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Who is Stephan M. Ryan?
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A deaf comedian fluent in ASL who loved ice cream
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Who was Leroy Columbo?
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known as the "hero of Galveston". He was a deaf lifeguard who saved at least 907 swimmers in trouble
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Where did Leroy Columbo attend school?
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Texas School for the Deaf (where he was honored in 2002 for his accomplishments)
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What does PAH mean and who developed it?
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PAH means "finally"; developed by Clayton Valli
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When did PAH become famous?
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During the Deaf President Now movement
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What is ADA? When was it developed?
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Americans with Disabilities Act, 1990 (provides americans with equal rights and opportunities)
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Sports are integral in the Deaf culture, true or false?
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true
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What is the name of the sporting even in which Deaf from the Southeast gather for?
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Mason-Dixon Basketball Tournement
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Deaf families are not usually close knit, true or false?
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false
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Who is Dr. Colin Baker?
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A bilingual researcher
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Who said, "A language divorced from its culture is like a body without a soul"?
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Dr. Colin Baker
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Who is the Laird family?
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A deaf family
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Who is Babetta Trapani Popoff? What did she say?
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A CODA "I am a deaf person who can hear"
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Who is Bonnie Kraft and what did she say?
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Another CODA and "I can hear but my heart is Deaf"
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What is JMA?
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Jean Massieu Academy--a deaf charter school in Arlington, Texas
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Who are the two CODA performers for Half-in-Half?
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michael Velez and Sherry Hicks
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Who leads the Center for ASL/English Bilingual Ed. and Research (CAEBER) at the New Mexico School for the Deaf?
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Dr. Stephen M. Nover
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Who is Dr. Yolanda Rodriguez?
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A role model; first hispanic deaf woman to win teacher of the year in 1998
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Who is Andrew Foster?
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first negro to graduate from Galleudet, father of Deaf Negro Education
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What is the difference between phonology and cherology?
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Phonology is based on sound; cherology is based on signed languages (handshape, movement, ect)
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What is Phi Kappa Zeta?
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the oldest deaf sorority at Galleudet
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Who is George Veditz?
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was a president of the National Association for the Deaf.
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Who said "As long as we have deaf people on earth, we will have signs...the noblest gift God has given to deaf people"?
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George Veditz
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Who are Debbie Jarvis and Garret Cruzan?
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a deaf couple that met at Gallaudet and fell in love and married
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When did the Miss Deaf America Pageant begin?
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1972
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Who was the first Miss Deaf America?
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Ann Billington
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Who drew Not My Choice...Cochlear Implants?
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Liz Morris
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Who is Hand Instrument drawn by?
Definition
Paul Johnston
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What does Morris usually draw? Johnston?
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Morris draws the isolation of deaf children.

Johnston draws EYE-music compared to EAR-music
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Who is Sue Livingston?
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a teacher of the Deaf and author of the book: Rethinking the Education of Deaf Students
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What is DPN?
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1988 protest, Deaf President Now
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Who is considered the "Father of ASL Linguistics"?
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William Stokoe
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What did William Stokoe believe?
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ASL is a genuine language; was the first linguist to study ASL in-depth
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What is Deaf folklore known as?
Definition
Deaflore
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