A Raisin in the Sun - Final Unit Test - 2019 - Hillary Cheaney | Library

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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..."

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Match the quote with the correct character "Something eating you up like a crazy man...You get all nervous acting and kind of wild in the eyes -".

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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!"

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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?"

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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..."

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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."

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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."

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Which of the following statements best describes Mama?

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Which of the following statements best describes Beneatha?

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

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

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

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

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Which of the following characters never appears on stage?

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Why do Ruth and Mama approve of George Murchinson?

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How are George and Walter different?

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What character says, "it expresses me"?

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

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Who steals Walter's liquor store money?

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

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

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Which character trait best describes Walter in the play?

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

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

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

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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"?

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

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

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

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What might Beneatha's hair symbolize?

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What does Mama's plant represent?

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What does the new house symbolize to the Younger family?

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

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

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What gift does Travis give Mama before the family moves?

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

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A conflict takes place in Act I when

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

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What are "assimilationist Negroes"?

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

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Where had Walter been going instead of to work?

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What fault does Mama find with herself?

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

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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!"

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

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

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The topic of materialism is emphasized through certain objects in the play, such as

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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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The killing of the rat in the alley (by the school kids) is a subtle hint that Beneatha is considering killing Walter for the insurance money.

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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.