DEAF CULTURE QUESTION OF THE WEEK
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September 28-October 2, 2009
What does De'Via stand for?
a. Deaf Visual Arts
b. Deaf View/Image Art
c. Deaf Visual/Image Art
d. Deaf Entrepreneurial Visual Art

September 21 - 25, 2009
While watching/viewing another person sign, you should focus your eyes on the signer’s:
a. hands
b. chest area
c. face
d. lips

September 14 - 18, 2009
This week the Deaf Culture Question of the Week is not a question at all.
Amy Cohen Efron (known as ABC), former school psychologists at the Washington School for the Deaf and frequent Vlogger on YouTube and other sites regarding issues in deaf education, Deaf culture etc. posts an interesting Vlog where she examines how Deaf culture and American mainstream culture co-exist in her own identity.

September 7 - 12, 2009
Which among the four finalists for President of Gallaudet University has Deaf parents?
a. Dr. Stephen F. Weiner
b. Dr. Ronald J. Stern
c. Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz
d. Dr. Roslyn Rosen

August 31 - September 4, 2009
Which is the more frequently taught language in the United States?
a. Italian
b. ASL
c. Arabic
d. Chinese

June 1 - 5, 2009
The role of facial expression in ASL is primarily to:
a. Express emotions (happy, sad, skeptical etc.)
b. Signal pauses or ends of sentences (like periods and commas)
c. Serve grammatical purposes (sentence types, modifying the meaning of signs etc.)
d. Control turn taking

May 25-29, 2009
Who was the only deaf delegate to attend the Conference of Milan in 1880?
a. James Denison
b. Laurent Clerc
c. Robert McGregor
d. George Veditz

May 18-22, 2009
Who was the first woman to be appointed superintendent of a deaf school?
a. Gertie Galloway, New Jersey School for the Deaf
b. Jane Mulholland, Oregon School for the Deaf
c. H.T. Poore, Tennessee School for the Deaf
d. Anne Potter, Austine School for the Deaf

May 11-15, 2009
An ASL grammar question this week... How is the following idea expressed in ASL?
"I saw a cat sitting on a fence yesterday."
a. ME SEE CAT SIT ON FENCE YESTERDAY.
b. FENCE CAT YESTERDAY SEE ME  CL:bent-V-on-CL:4.
c. YESTERDAY ME SEE FENCE CAT CL:bent-V-on-CL:4.
d. YESTERDAY FENCE ME SEE CAT CL:bent-V-on-CL:4.

May 4 - 8, 2009
Which one of the deaf persons below was considered "The Fastest Woman on Earth?"
a.  Marlee Matlin
b.  Kitty O'Neil
c.  Bobbie Beth Scoggins
d.  Phyllis Frelich

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