Match the quote with the correct character
"Perhaps I will be a great [person]...perhaps I will hold on to the substance of
truth and find my way always with the right course..."
Question 2
2.
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"Something eating you up like a crazy man...You get all nervous acting and kind
of wild in the eyes -".
Question 3
3.
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"[T]hen I say it loud and good, Hallelujah! and goodbye misery...I don't never
want to see your ugly face again!"
Question 4
4.
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"Look honey, we're going to the theatre - we're not going to be in it...so go
change, huh?"
Question 5
5.
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"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..."
Question 6
6.
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"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."
Question 7
7.
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."
Question 8
8.
Match the literary term with the best example:
The Clybourne Park "welcoming committee" offers to pay the Youngers in exchange
for staying out of Clybourne Park.
Question 9
9.
Match the literary term with the best example:
Beneatha's educated friend calls Walter "Prometheus."
Question 10
10.
What is the title of the poem that prefaces "A Raisin in the Sun?"
Question 11
11.
How does the Langston Hughes poem relate to the play?
Question 12
12.
Hansberry's use of the Langston Hughes poem is an example of which of the
following?
Question 13
13.
During which two days of the week do the events in the play occur?
Question 14
14.
Which of the following best describes Mama?
Question 15
15.
Which of the following statements best describes Beneatha?
Question 16
16.
Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis $1?
Question 17
17.
Why does Walter say, "Damn my eggs...damn all the eggs that ever was!"
Question 18
18.
What does Asagai mean when he calls Beneatha "Alaiyo?"
Question 19
19.
What does Asagai think about Beneatha's hair earlier in the play?
Question 20
20.
Which of the following is a character who never appears on stage?
Question 21
21.
Why do Ruth and Mama approve of George Murchinson?
Question 22
22.
How are George and Walter different?
Question 23
23.
What character says, "it expresses me"?
Question 24
24.
What do Ruth, Beneatha, and Walter give Mama before the family moves?
Question 25
25.
Who steals Walter's liquor store money?
Question 26
26.
How are Walter's dreams deferred throughout the play?
Question 27
27.
Which of the following best describes Walter's "dream"?
Question 28
28.
Which character trait best describes Walter in the play?
Question 29
29.
How does Ruth and Walter's relationship change overall throughout the play?
Question 30
30.
In the last act of the play, what does Walter say is "old time stuff"?
Question 31
31.
What is Mama referring to when she tells Walter, "We ain't never been that dead
inside"?
Question 32
32.
How does Mama respond after Walter tells Mr. Lindner that the family is moving
as planned?
Question 33
33.
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"?
Question 34
34.
Which character best exemplifies afro-centrism, or staying true to
African-American values, throughout the play?
Question 35
35.
Which character best exemplifies assimilation, or blending in and changing to
fit the greater majority, throughout the play?
Question 36
36.
Which of the following issues was not addressed in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
Question 37
37.
How does Hansberry critique traditional gender roles with the character
Beneatha?
Question 38
38.
What might Beneatha's hair symbolize?
Question 39
39.
What does Mama's plant represent?
Question 40
40.
What does the new house symbolize to the Younger family?
Question 41
41.
Which of the following is a theme found in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
Question 42
42.
Which literary technique develops the above theme?
Question 43
43.
Who is the last character on stage at the end of the play?
Question 44
44.
What gift does Travis give Mama before the family moves?
Question 45
45.
Toward the end of the play, Asagai tells Beneatha that he wants to