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..."
A) Mama Younger
B) Ruth Younger
C) George Murchison
D) Joseph Asagai
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"Something eating you up like a crazy man...You get all nervous acting and kind
of wild in the eyes -".
A) Mama Younger
B) Ruth Younger
C) George Murchison
D) Joseph Asagai
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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!"
A) Mama Younger
B) Ruth Younger
C) George Murchison
D) Joseph Asagai
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 Younger
B) Ruth Younger
C) George Murchison
D) Joseph Asagai
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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..."
A) Walter Younger
B) Beneatha Younger
C) Travis Younger
D) Karl Lindner
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
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
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.
A) Allusion
B) Personification
C) Foreshadowing
D) Situational Irony
Match the literary term with the best example:
Beneatha's educated friend calls Walter "Prometheus."
A) Allusion
B) Flashback
C) Foreshadowing
D) Situational Irony
What is the title of the poem that prefaces "A Raisin in the Sun?"
A) "Harlem"
B) "Chicago"
C) "A Dream Deferred"
D) "Explode"
How does the Langston Hughes poem relate to the play?
A) The characters fell that they have deferred their dreams
B) During this time, being African American could be mentally oppressive or
"heavy"
C) Walter's life made it feel as though he could "explode" with anger
D) All of the above statements are correct
Hansberry's use of the Langston Hughes poem is an example of which of the
following?
A) Irony
B) Allusion
C) Symbolism
D) Foreshadowing
During which two days of the week do the events in the play occur?
A) Sundays and Mondays
B) Thursdays and Fridays
C) Fridays and Saturdays
D) Wednesdays and Thursdays
Which of the following 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
Which of the following statements best describes Beneatha?
A) She is an optimist
B) She holds the family together
C) She is traditional
D) All of the above statements are correct
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
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
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"
What does Asagai think about Beneatha's hair earlier in the play?
A) It's unnatural
B) It isn't assimilative
C) It's too long
D) All of the above statements are correct
Which of the following is a character who never appears on stage?
A) Willy
B) Bobo
C) Travis
D) Mr. Lindner
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
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
What character says, "it expresses me"?
A) Mama
B) Beneatha
C) Both Mama and Beneatha
D) None of the above choices are correct
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 gardening book
Who steals Walter's liquor store money?
A) Karl Lindner
B) Bobo
C) Willy
D) Ruth
How are Walter's dreams deferred 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
Which of the following best describes Walter's "dream"?
A) He wants fame
B) He wants a fancy house
C) He wants to be well-educated
D) He wants to live "the American Dream"
Which character trait best describes Walter in the play?
A) Detached
B) Ambitious
C) Optimistic
D) Grounded
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
In the last act of the play, what does Walter say is "old time stuff"?
A) Money
B) Nice homes
C) Pride
D) Assimilation
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
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
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
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
Which character best exemplifies assimilation, or blending in and changing to
fit the greater majority, throughout the play?
A) Beneatha
B) George Murchison
C) Joseph Asagai
D) Walter
Which of the following issues was not addressed in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
A) Religion
B) Equality
C) Cultural heritage
D) Schooling policies
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
What might Beneatha's hair symbolize?
A) First assimilation, then African American pride
B) First African American pride, then assimilation
C) Only African American pride
D) Only assimilation
What does Mama's plant represent?
A) Care for her family
B) Hope
C) Change
D) All the of above choices are correct
What does the new house symbolize to the Younger family?
A) Assimilation
B) Ambition
C) Danger
D) Hope
Which of the following is a theme found in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
A) The value of dreams
B) The need to fight racial discrimination
C) The importance of family
D) All of the above choices are correct
Which literary technique develops the above theme?
A) Setting
B) Symbolism
C) Conflict
D) All of the above choices are correct
Who is the last character on stage at the end of the play?
A) Mama
B) Ruth
C) Walter
D) Beneatha
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
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