Louis Braille Quiz- WORLD BRAILLE DAY (04 JANUARY)

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BRAILLE ALPHABETS

1. What caused Louis Braille's blindness? *

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SMALL POX

ACCIDENTAL OBJECT BY SHARP OBJECT

HE WAS BORN BLIND

SCARLET FEVER

2. Where was Louis Braille born? *

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TOULOUSE

COUPVRAY

BORDEAUX

MARSEILLES

3. At what age did Louis Braille become blind? *

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THREE

HE WAS BORN BLIND

EIGHT

TEN

4. How was Louis Braille educated? *

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HIS MOTHER TAUGHT HIM AT HOME

HE ATTENDED SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

HE TAUGHT HIMSELF

BLIND PEOPLE DID NOT RECEIVE FORMAL EDUCATION AT THAT TIME

5. Who provided the inspiration for Louis Braille's invention of a method of reading and writing for the blind? *

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SAMUEL MORSE

LAURA BRIDGMAN

CHARLES BARBIER

HELEN KELLER

6. Louis Braille had created the Braille system by age 15. Blind students readily accepted and learned the new code, but their teachers resisted it. Which of the following was NOT a complaint offered by the teachers who opposed the Braille code? *

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THEY WOULD BE FORCED TO LEARN THE NEW CODE ALSO

THEY COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PUNCHING NOISE THE STUDENTS MADE WHILE WRITING BRAILE

They felt the blind should use a tactile code based on the print alphabet

They felt the raised dots would not hold up to heavy use such as in textbooks

7. Which one of the following instruments did Louis Braille NOT play? *

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Harpsichord

Cello

Piano

Organ

8. Besides the Braille Script, Louis Braille also invented raphigraphy. What is it? *

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A way for blind people to write letters to sighted people

A system for blind people to read music

A system used by blind people to draw and paint

A tactile chessboard

9. After his death a small wooden box was found on which was written, "To be burned without opening." Nevertheless, the box was opened. What did it contain? *

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A collection of IOUs

The first chapter of his autobiography

Commendations for his scholarship

A collection of poems written by him

10. From what did Louis Braille die? *

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Injuries sustained from falling down the stairs

Tuberculosis

Yellow fever

Old age

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