A Raisin in the Sun - Final Unit Test - 2021 - Hillary Cheaney | Laabri

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Match the quote with the correct character "[T]hen I say it loud and good, Hallelujah! and goodbye misery...I don't never want to see your ugly face again!"

A) Mama

B) Ruth Younger

C) George Murchison

D) Joseph Asagai

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Match the quote with the correct character "Look honey, we're going to the theatre - we're not going to be in it...so go change, huh?"

A) Mama

B) Ruth Younger

C) George Murchison

D) Joseph Asagai

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Match the quote with the correct character "Sometimes it's like I can see the future stretched out in front of me...Hanging over there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me - a big, looming blank space..."

A) Walter Younger

B) Beneatha Younger

C) Travis Younger

D) Karl Lindner

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Match the quote with the correct character "It's all a matter of ideas, and God is just one idea I don't accept...I am not going out and commit crimes or be immoral because I don't believe in God."

A) Walter Younger

B) Beneatha Younger

C) Travis Younger

D) Karl Lindner

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Match the quote with the correct character "[M]ost of the trouble in this world...exists because people just don't sit down and talk to each other...That we don't try hard enough in this world to understand the other fellow's problem."

A) Walter Younger

B) Beneatha Younger

C) Travis Younger

D) Karl Lindner

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Which of the following statements best describes Mama?

A) She is an optimist

B) She holds the family together

C) She is traditional

D) All of the above statements are correct

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At the beginning of the play, why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis $1?

A) They did not have $1 to spare

B) It made Ruth look like she was a liar

C) Ruth needed the money for bus fare

D) Travis was lying and did not need the money

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Why does Walter say, "Damn my eggs...damn all the eggs that ever was!"

A) Walter was having a bad morning

B) Walter knows that eggs are all the family can afford for breakfast

C) Walter wants Ruth to listen to his plans

D) None of the above statements are correct

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What does Asagai mean when he calls Beneatha "Alaiyo?"

A) "Little Idiot"

B) "One for Whom Bread is Not Enough"

C) "One for Whom Books is Not Enough"

D) "Burning Spear"

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What does Asagai think about Beneatha's hair earlier in the play?

A) It's unnatural; it is not how her ancestor's would have worn their hair

B) It is too short

C) It should be another color

D) All of the above statements are correct

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Which of the following characters never appears on stage?

A) Willy

B) Bobo

C) Travis

D) Mr. Lindner

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Why do Ruth and Mama approve of George Murchinson?

A) He is an intellectual

B) He is handsome and wealthy

C) He listens to Beneatha

D) All of the above statements are correct

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How are George and Walter different?

A) George is confident about his future; Walter is not

B) George is well-educated; Walter is not

C) George is an assimilationist; Walter is not

D) All of the above statements are correct

1

What character says, "it expresses me"?

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What do Ruth, Beneatha, and Walter give Mama before the family moves?

A) A new plant

B) A gardening hat

C) A set of gardening tools

D) A cookbook

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Who steals Walter's liquor store money?

A) Karl Lindner

B) Bobo

C) Willy

D) Ruth

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How are Walter's dreams deferred, or pushed aside, throughout the play?

A) Ruth doesn't want to hear about Walter's liquor store plans

B) Walter works at a job that he does not like

C) Mama isn't sure she wants to share the insurance money with Walter

D) All of the above statements are correct

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Which of the following statements best describes Walter's "dream"?

A) He wants fame

B) He desires to move into a neighborhood in California

C) He wants to be well-educated

D) He wants to live "the American Dream"

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Which character trait best describes Walter in the play?

A) Detached

B) Ambitious

C) Optimistic

D) Grounded

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How does Ruth and Walter's relationship change overall throughout the play?

A) Their troubled relationship gets worse

B) Their troubled relationship grows stronger

C) Their close relationship begins to falter

D) Their close relationship grows stronger

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What is Mama referring to when she tells Walter, "We ain't never been that dead inside"?

A) Even if they didn't have money, they had pride

B) Even if they didn't have money, they had control of their emotions

C) Even if they didn't have money, they had family

D) All of the above statements are correct

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How does Mama respond after Walter tells Mr. Lindner that the family is moving as planned?

A) "Hallelujah!"

B) "And goodbye!"

C) "You know how young folks is."

D) She says all of the statements listed above

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Who is Mama talking about when she tells Beneatha, "the time to love somebody the most...is when he's at his lowest and can't believe in himself"?

A) George Murchison

B) Joseph Asagai

C) Her father

D) Walter

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Which character best exemplifies afro-centrism, or staying true to African-American values, throughout the play?

A) Beneatha

B) George Murchison

C) Joseph Asagai

D) Walter

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Which of the following issues was not addressed in "A Raisin in the Sun"?

A) Religion

B) Equality

C) Cultural heritage

D) Schooling policies

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How does Hansberry critique traditional gender roles with the character Beneatha?

A) Beneatha states that she may not get married

B) Beneatha considers going to Africa

C) Beneatha doesn't put up with any insults from Walter

D) All of the above statements are correct

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What might Beneatha's hair symbolize?

A) First assimilation (being like other dominant cultures), then African American pride

B) First African American pride, then assimilation (being like other dominant cultures)

C) Only African American pride

D) Only assimilation (being like other dominant cultures)

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What does the new house symbolize to the Younger family?

A) Assimilation

B) Ambition

C) Danger

D) Hope

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Which of the following is a theme found in "A Raisin in the Sun"?

A) Everyone has the right to a dream

B) Racial discrimination in any situation is never okay

C) Family is a group of people that you can always lean on and depend on

D) All of the above choices are correct

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Who is the last character on stage at the end of the play?

A) Mama

B) Ruth

C) Walter

D) Beneatha

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What gift does Travis give Mama before the family moves?

A) a new plant to take with the family when they move

B) a pair of sunglasses

C) a new set of gardening gloves

D) a new gardening hat

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Toward the end of the play, Asagai tells Beneatha that he wants to

A) take her home with him to Nigeria so she can practice medicine

B) marry her immediately after the family moves to Clybourne part and remain in Chicago

C) inform the family of their engagement and then plan for a wedding the following summer

D) none of the above choices are correct

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A conflict takes place in Act I when

A) Walter Lee struggles to keep his job as a chauffeur.

B) Walter Lee struggles with other family members over money.

C) Travis struggles to keep up his grades in school.

D) Mama struggles with Ruth for control of the household.

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What did Ruth find out at the doctor's office?

A) She was pregnant

B) Beneatha was pregnant

C) She was exhausted and needed rest

D) Walter Lee was diagnosed with depression

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What are "assimilationist Negroes"?

A) Negroes who do not believe in God

B) Negroes who still live a tribal life in Nigeria

C) Negroes who give up their cultural heritage and take on the culture of a more dominant society

D) Negroes who have left Africa to go to American and become educated

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How did Ruth find out Walter hadn't been going to work?

A) Beneatha saw him

B) Walter's boss called and Ruth talked to him on the phone

C) Ruth saw him on her way back from the doctor's office.

D) Walter told her

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Where had Walter been going instead of to work?

A) The bank to check on his money

B) Driving around thinking and going to a bar

C) Clybourne Park, looking for a new house

D) The unemployment office, searching for a new job

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What fault does Mama find with herself?

A) She's been dependent on Walter too long

B) She's been too critical of Walter

C) She lost her faith

D) She "aimed too high"

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What solution does Walter consider, after learning that Willy has taken all the money and ran off?

A) Accepting the money from Lindner

B) Borrowing money from the bank to put Beneatha through school

C) Finding Willy and confronting him

D) Moving the family to Nigeria

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What does Hansberry mean when she has Walter say, "Here I am a giant--surrounded by ants! Ants who can't even understand what it is the giant is talking about!"

A) Walter feels like no one understands him

B) Walter thinks he is knows what the right decisions are to make for his family members

C) Walter thinks his ideas and dreams are not taken seriously

D) All of the above are correct

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Where does Walter go when he gets restless and needs to think?

A) The movies

B) The Green Hat

C) Willy's house

D) Outside on the balcony

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At what point does Mama say that Walter has finally achieved his "manhood"?

A) When he invests in the liquor store

B) When he takes Ruth to the movies

C) When he finds out Ruth is pregnant

D) When he tells Mr. Linder that they will keep the house

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The character of Mrs. Johnson represents a different kind of ignorance and racism than Mr. Linder's character.

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The setting of this play is the south side of Chicago, sometime between World War II and the present.

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Racial prejudice is evident by Mr. Linder's efforts to try to convince the Younger family not to move into Clybourne Park.

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Throughout the play, Hansberry implies that love is unconditional; we sometimes need love the most when we least deserve it.

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Beneatha and Walter are both searching somewhat blindly for self-fulfillment, a trait that Mama seems to have found by not focusing mainly on her own needs--but on the needs of her family. The play suggests that people find fulfillment by looking beyond their own needs and desires.

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