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Deaf Culture (quiz)

Culture Quiz

1. When referring to the audiological condition of not being able to hear, we use lowercase deaf.
TRUE or FALSE?
2. When referring to a particular group of deaf people who share a language (ASL for example) and a culture we use the uppercase Deaf.
TRUE or FALSE?
3. You become a member of the Deaf Community simply by losing your hearing.
TRUE or FALSE?
4. The majority of ASL users reside throughout the United States and Canada.
TRUE or FALSE?
5. The knowledge, beliefs, and practices that make up the culture of Deaf people are actively transmitted from generation to generation.
TRUE or FALSE?
Answers:
1. True. In general.
2. True. In general.
3. False. You become a member of the community by embracing the language and culture.
4. True, but it is also true that the use of ASL is rapidly expanding world wide.
5. True. Traditionally this has occurred via state residential schools for the Deaf.

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