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The document provides answers to quiz questions related to a video and an essay about the experiences of deaf individuals and the challenges of communication. Key themes include the richness of sign language, the difficulties of lipreading, and the emotional impact of communication barriers. The document also includes vocabulary definitions and source matching tasks.

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The document provides answers to quiz questions related to a video and an essay about the experiences of deaf individuals and the challenges of communication. Key themes include the richness of sign language, the difficulties of lipreading, and the emotional impact of communication barriers. The document also includes vocabulary definitions and source matching tasks.

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Here are the answers based on the provided quiz questions:

Question 1:

Which of these lines from the video best explains why some people choose to use sign
language only?
Answer:
B. “It’s like a different world. Rich with expression and culture. They come alive.”

Question 2:

In the video, the fading out of the actors’ voices adds to the development of the author’s
point mainly by:
Answer:
C. Conveying to the audience the physical experience of being deaf and trying to read lips.

Question 3:

Which of these inferences about lipreading is best supported by the video?


Answer:
A. Lipreading is visual and therefore comes with a unique set of challenges very different from
reading a text.

Question 4:

The following passage (paragraph 69) mainly shows that:


Answer:
A. The author finds a kind of peace when the possibility of communication is removed.

Question 5:

What is most closely the central idea of the passage below (paragraph 54)?
Answer:
D. Though the author tries very hard, if a person has an accent, she will not be able to read his or
her lips.
Question 6:

Which of these sentences from paragraph 54 best supports the correct answer to Question
5?
Answer:
C. "Accented words pull against the gravity of my experience; like slime-glossed fish, they
wriggle and leap out of my hands."

Question 7:

Which of these inferences about paragraph 71 is best supported by the passage below?
Answer:
B. Lipreading is exhausting for the author.

Question 8:

Which of these sentences from paragraph 71 best supports the correct answer to Question
7?
Answer:
C. "I grow too tired of the guessing game that I can never quite win."

Question 9:

Match each of the vocabulary words to its correct definition:

1. Ebullience → High spirits and exhilaration


2. Occupying → Filling one’s mind or thoughts
3. Complex → An obsessive notion
4. Inherently → In an essential way
5. Absorbed → Take in and assimilate

Question 10:

Match the source, whether video or essay:

1. Video → "When I watch people’s lips, I am trying to learn something about sound when
the eyes were not meant to hear."
2. Essay → "I am deaf but my world is a hearing one."
3. Essay → "Most people, once they figure out that I have such difficulty understanding
them, stop trying."
4. Video → "But real conversations don’t take place in a studio."
5. Essay → "The foundation for my success with communication was laid in my earliest
years, at a deaf preschool."

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