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January 2, 2026

152 public questions were asked on this day.

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You have been learning ASL for several weeks, and have noticed in the last few days that your wrists are tight and sore. What is likely the cause of this pain?(1 point) Responses reversed orientation reversed orientation...
Asked by puppmas 1 answer
When signing the word "happy", you are indicating that happiness wells up from where?(1 point) Responses your knees your knees your heart your heart your brain your brain your toes
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You are signing the phrase "hard of hearing." What is the first thing you should do?(1 point) Responses make the "L" letter shape with your dominant hand make the "L" letter shape with your dominant hand make the "H" let...
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How does the location of a sign relate to its meaning?(1 point) Responses The location of a sign only changes its meaning when there is movement in the sign; otherwise, a sign's meaning stays consistent no matter where i...
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While practicing the sign for "communicate," instead of making her hands into the "C" handshape and moving them back and forth toward her mouth, Amy has put her hands into a "1" handshape and is moving them in circles to...
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While studying for your ASL test, a classmate tells you that she is having trouble remembering the sign for "yes." She asks you to help her come up with a "trick" she can use to help her remember the sign. Which of the f...
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You are conversing with your friend Megan who is Deaf and are working with her interpreter, but you do not understand what your friend is trying to say. What should you do in order to clear this up?(1 point) Responses Lo...
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Your friend Cleo is in your ASL class but is having trouble picking up some of the vocabulary and has asked you to help her study. When you ask her to make the sign for the word "none," Cleo holds up a zero or "o" shape...
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Which of the following examples illustrates how communicating using sign language compares with communicating using spoken English?(1 point) Responses when communicating in spoken English, speakers typically use more fac...
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Which of the following scenarios is an example of a couple that falls under "common-law"?(1 point) Responses Jody and Mike, who agreed to refer to each other as husband and wife even though they did not have a civil or r...
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Which of the following describes the extent to which many families with Deaf children learn ASL?(1 point) Responses many families with Deaf children must be fluent in ASL because they need to start teaching their childre...
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. Traditionally, English workers had brewed their own beer, which they drank along with bread, their other major source of food. A Scottish writer of the late 1700s noticed th...
Asked by doodle bob 1 answer
Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. As a weeder, your job was to carefully pick away the undergrowth that could choke the cane stalks and stop them from growing tall enough, or that might attract vermin. Clean...
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What is similar about the signs for "husband" and "wife"?(1 point) Responses they are both created with the hand over the heart they are both created with the hand over the heart they both use one hand they both use one...
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What benefit does Deaf culture offer to the Deaf community?(1 point) Responses It allows Deaf people to apply and be considered for special scholarships to attend college. It allows Deaf people to apply and be considered...
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Read the passage from Sugar Changed the World. The sugar that piled up on the docks near the plantations was something new in the world: pure sweetness, pure pleasure, so cheap that common people could afford it. Scienti...
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What term refers to the use of sign language to educate the Deaf?(1 point) Responses American Sign Language American Sign Language Manualism Manualism fingerspelling fingerspelling American Manual Alphabet American Manua...
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Where did Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet travel to study methods for teaching the Deaf?(1 point) Responses Europe Europe Hartford, Connecticut Hartford, Connecticut Upstate New York Upstate New York Martha's Vineyard
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What is one way that ASL differs from spoken or written English?(1 point) Responses It has different word order and grammar than spoken or written English. It has different word order and grammar than spoken or written E...
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Which of the following is the proper way to get someone's attention in the Deaf community?(1 point) Responses Walk to where you know the person can see you and begin signing. Walk to where you know the person can see you...
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If you take the sign for "V" and extend your ring/fourth finger up, which letter sign have you just created?(1 point) Responses U U Y Y W W Z
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To avoid confusion from the listener, all ASL speakers must learn to sign with their right hand, no matter which hand is their dominant hand.(1 point) Responses True True False False
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What helps members of the Deaf community to see the details and nuances of sign language when working with an interpreter?(1 point) Responses when the lights in the room are dim when the lights in the room are dim when t...
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What was an early form of sign language that was practiced in a small island community?(1 point) Responses Manualism Manualism Early French Sign Language Early French Sign Language Martha's Vineyard Sign Language Martha'...
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If you are crossing your fingers in the hope that something desirable will happen, which letter of the American Manual Alphabet are you making?(1 point) Responses J J R R X X F
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