1. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet sailed to London
because: |
| a. |
he needed to finish his studies to become a minister |
| b. |
it was the easiest way to get to France |
| c. |
he wanted to study their system of deaf education |
| d. |
he wanted to marry Alice Cogswell |
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2. From the information in this passage we can
assume that: |
| a. |
Laurent Clerc was an intelligent man. |
| b. |
Clerc had difficulties learning language. |
| c. |
Clerc married Eliza in order to get his Green Card. |
| d. |
Clerc was paid well because he made such important
contributions to society. |
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3. On their trip from Paris to America, Clerc
and Gallaudet |
| a. |
played cards and socialized. |
| b. |
studied and discussed their plans for a deaf school. |
| c. |
founded a school for the deaf. |
| d. |
Gallaudet studied English and Clerc studied Sign
Language. |
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4. Clerc did things in this order: |
| a. |
met Gallaudet, moved to America, got married, went
to school in Paris. |
| b. |
met Gallaudet, went to school in Paris, moved to
America, got married. |
| c. |
went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet, moved to
America, got married. |
| d. |
got married, went to school in Paris, met Gallaudet,
moved to America. |
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5. The main idea of this passage could best be
stated as: |
| a. |
Clerc managed his time well, and was able to teach a
lot of information in a short period of time. |
| b. |
Thomas Gallaudet was indebted to Clerc for all that
he taught him. |
| c. |
Clerc preferred teaching deaf students to hearing
students. |
| d. |
Clerc, an educated Frenchman, had a great impact on
American Deaf Education. |
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6. "After he graduated, the school [in
Paris] asked him to stay on as an assistant teacher." From this
sentence we can assume that: |
| a. |
the school thought that his learning disabilities
would make it hard for him to work outside the school. |
| b. |
the school was impressed with him, and thought he
would do a good job teaching other students. |
| c. |
the school wanted him to be prepared to teach
Americans how to sign. |
| d. |
the school wanted other deaf students to have deaf
role models. |
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