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Course
222
Subject
Linguistics
Date
Apr 3, 2024
Type
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10
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Due
Feb 12 at 11:59pm
Points
100
Questions
25
Available
Feb 9 at 8am - Feb 12 at 11:59pm
Time Limit
60 Minutes
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Attempt 1
19 minutes
92 out of 100
Correct answers will be available Feb 13 at 12am - Feb 13 at 11:59pm.
Score for this quiz: 92
out of 100
Submitted Feb 12 at 12:08pm
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SHS 222
Midterm Exam
Overview
The midterm exam covers content from Modules 1 – 4. It includes multiple choice and true/false questions.
Instructions
The midterm consists of 25 questions.
You will be given 60 minutes to complete the midterm. Once you begin the exam, you must complete it in
the allotted time frame. At the end of the time frame, your exam will submit, regardless of whether you have
completed all of the questions. The midterm is worth 100 points. Click "Take the Quiz" to begin. When you are finished, click "Submit the Quiz."
4 / 4 pts
Question 1
George W. Veditz, president of the National Association of the Deaf, protested
against the Civil Service law that
Prohibited deaf people from working for the government Prohibited deaf people from working in education Prohibited deaf people from driving or flying 4 / 4 pts
Question 2
Research over the years shows that
deaf babies of hearing parents have a rather ordinary upbringing Deaf babies of Deaf parents have a rather ordinary upbringing 0 / 4 pts
Question 3
Incorrect
Incorrect
A hearing person can be considered Deaf if they have Deaf parents/family, use ASL
fluently, and are an active member of the Deaf community.
True False 4 / 4 pts
Question 4
In the 1960s the linguist William Stokoe showed that ASL is
an arsenal of gestures without rules a true language with rules like any other language 4 / 4 pts
Question 5
Many alumni of Gallaudet university:
were frustrated that the university was not doing business with its own alumni were proud that the university was doing all it could to support its deaf alumni 4 / 4 pts
Question 6
The concept of the rally began with
current students at the time alumni faculty and staff parents 4 / 4 pts
Question 7
The study of syntax involves
the smallest unit of language that has meaning word order and sentence types
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the range of registers in which languages are utilized to address the needs of specific
audiences
4 / 4 pts
Question 8
Do signed languages have all types of variation: social, ethnic, gender, age, as well
as linguistic variation, like phonological, morphological, lexical, and so on?
No. Yes. 4 / 4 pts
Question 9
Many Deaf people are bilingual.
True False 4 / 4 pts
Question 10
Communicative competence is the idea that, when someone knows a language,
they know how to use the forms of the language, and nothing more.
True False
4 / 4 pts
Question 11
Rarified ASL is
the signing of the majority of young deaf people today, heavily influenced by English seen in stage performances and is a vividly expressive presentation of ASL a type of ASL that shows minimal influence from newer versions of signing and is
used among older generations of signers
4 / 4 pts
Question 12
The early history of ASL is well documented
True False 4 / 4 pts
Question 13
The first teacher of deaf and blind people of color at the Maryland School for the
Colored Deaf and Blind was
Father Richard Revere, a white person Reverend Samuel Adams, a white person Father Richard Revere, a person of color Reverend Samuel Adams, a person of color
4 / 4 pts
Question 14
Hairston states that we live in a “hearing” and “color-conscious” society. Which of
the following statements pairs best with this claim?
Black deaf individuals, who are typically provided with a good educational foundation
and with opportunities for upward mobility, have the same or similar advantages to
anyone else.
Dismissing the racial aspect of the Black deaf community is impossible since the
Black deaf individual is born with disadvantages related to race and ability.
4 / 4 pts
Question 15
Because Black Deaf people were denied entrance into Deaf organizations,
they remained without any place to assemble, exchange ideas, develop friendships,
participate in local events, or attain leadership positions.
they created their own Black Deaf organizations and clubs with large numbers of
Black Deaf members.
4 / 4 pts
Question 16
Linguists categorize African American English as a legitimate language variety that
is structurally related to other varieties of English in terms of linguistic features, and
which differs from other varieties in terms of specific phonological, morphological,
lexical, and semantic features (among other features).
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True False 4 / 4 pts
Question 17
Black deaf people are proud of their own form of communication
True False 4 / 4 pts
Question 18
Dr. Shirley Allen was the first Black Deaf woman to ________________ in 1993.
travel in space earn a doctorate be the first person of color on the board of the National Association of the Deaf 0 / 4 pts
Question 19
Incorrect
Incorrect
Federal Law requires that deaf students be educated in
_______________________ wherever possible.
regular schools resource rooms separate classes
separate schools residential schools any of these 4 / 4 pts
Question 20
Stapleton’s study on Black Deaf students is primarily concerned with how racism
and audism impact
students at the elementary school level students at the high school level students at the college level students at the graduate school level 4 / 4 pts
Question 21
Bilingualism, according to Wilbur,
by definition means that two languages have to be learned at the same time means that a second language is learned either simultaneously with, or sequentially
dependent on, knowledge of the first language
4 / 4 pts
Question 22
Less than __________________ of deaf students at age sixteen can read at a 4
grade level compared to hearing students who have already developed
th
sophisticated linguistic skills that transfer to reading.
56 percent 23 percent 12 percent 4 percent 4 / 4 pts
Question 23
Fun fact: Language tests given to Deaf children whose first language is ASL show
that
the Deaf children with ASL outperform English-speaking hearing children the Deaf children with ASL perform equally to English-speaking hearing children the Deaf children with ASL perform similarly to immigrant hearing children whose first
language is not English
4 / 4 pts
Question 24
Stapleton maintains that the intersection of racialized experience and the d/Deaf
experience lessen the experiencer’s hardship and decrease any barriers for
success.
True False
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4 / 4 pts
Question 25
Parrots can make speech sounds, but do not have underlying language skills. This
exemplifies the idea that children whose learning focus is production of speech
sounds with no development of cognitive and linguistic skills may very well not
attain a sufficient level of cognition and linguistic potential.
True False Quiz Score: 92
out of 100