Louis Braille

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1. Where was Louis Braille born? Coupvray Marseille Bordeaux Toulouse

2. What caused Louis Braille's blindness? Scarlet fever Smallpox Accidental injury by a sharp object He was born blind

3. How was Louis Braille educated? His mother taught him at home He attended a school for the blind He received instruction from Catholic nuns Blind people did not receive a formal education at that time

4. Who provided the inspiration for Louis Braille's invention of a method of reading and writing for the blind? Helen Keller Samuel Morse Charles Barbier Laura Bridgman

5. 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? They complained about the punching noise the students made while writing braille They would be forced to learn the new code also 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

6. Which one of the following instruments did Louis Braille NOT play? Cello harpsichord Piano Organ

7. Louis Braille also invented raphigraphy. What is it? A tactile chessboard A means of embossing tactile maps A way to create the musical mechanism for music boxes A way for blind people to write letters to sighted people

8. 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? Love letters written to a fellow teacher at the institute named Marie A collection of IOUs The first chapter of his autobiography Commendations for his scholarship

9. From what did Louis Braille die? Old age Yellow fever Dysentery Tuberculosis

10. Where is Louis Braille buried? Paris Dunkerque Dijon Troyes