Louis Braille

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

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

3. How was Louis Braille educated? He attended a school for the blind He received instruction from Catholic nuns His mother taught him at home 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? Charles Barbier Laura Bridgman Samuel Morse Helen Keller

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 felt the raised dots would not hold up to heavy use such as in textbooks They felt the blind should use a tactile code based on the print alphabet They complained about the punching noise the students made while writing braille They would be forced to learn the new code also

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 way for blind people to write letters to sighted people A way to create the musical mechanism for music boxes A tactile chessboard A means of embossing tactile maps

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? Dijon Troyes Dunkerque Paris