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Louis Braille

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Louis Braille game quiz
"How much do you know about the man who invented a method of reading and writing for the blind?"

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



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


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
    Blind people did not receive a formal education at that time
    He received instruction from Catholic nuns
    He attended a school for the blind


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


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
    Organ
    Piano
    harpsichord


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


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
    Commendations for his scholarship
    The first chapter of his autobiography
    A collection of IOUs


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


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


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Compiled Jan 31 13