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"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.
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"[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.
Which of the following statements best describes Mama?
Question 10
10.
Which of the following statements best describes Beneatha?
Question 11
11.
At the beginning of the play, why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis $1?
Question 12
12.
Why does Walter say, "Damn my eggs...damn all the eggs that ever was!"
Question 13
13.
What does Asagai mean when he calls Beneatha "Alaiyo?"
Question 14
14.
What does Asagai think about Beneatha's hair earlier in the play?
Question 15
15.
Which of the following characters never appears on stage?
Question 16
16.
Why do Ruth and Mama approve of George Murchinson?
Question 17
17.
How are George and Walter different?
Question 18
18.
What character says, "it expresses me"?
Question 19
19.
What do Ruth, Beneatha, and Walter give Mama before the family moves?
Question 20
20.
Who steals Walter's liquor store money?
Question 21
21.
How are Walter's dreams deferred, or pushed aside, throughout the play?
Question 22
22.
Which of the following statements best describes Walter's "dream"?
Question 23
23.
Which character trait best describes Walter in the play?
Question 24
24.
How does Ruth and Walter's relationship change overall throughout the play?
Question 25
25.
In the last act of the play, what does Walter say is "old time stuff"?
Question 26
26.
What is Mama referring to when she tells Walter, "We ain't never been that dead inside"?
Question 27
27.
How does Mama respond after Walter tells Mr. Lindner that the family is moving as planned?
Question 28
28.
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 29
29.
Which character best exemplifies afro-centrism, or staying true to African-American values, throughout the play?
Question 30
30.
Which of the following issues was not addressed in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
Question 31
31.
How does Hansberry critique traditional gender roles with the character Beneatha?
Question 32
32.
What might Beneatha's hair symbolize?
Question 33
33.
What does Mama's plant represent?
Question 34
34.
What does the new house symbolize to the Younger family?
Question 35
35.
Which of the following is a theme found in "A Raisin in the Sun"?
Question 36
36.
Who is the last character on stage at the end of the play?
Question 37
37.
What gift does Travis give Mama before the family moves?
Question 38
38.
Toward the end of the play, Asagai tells Beneatha that he wants to
Question 39
39.
What does Ruth do for a living?
Question 40
40.
A conflict takes place in Act I when
Question 41
41.
What did Ruth find out at the doctor's office?
Question 42
42.
What are "assimilationist Negroes"?
Question 43
43.
How did Ruth find out Walter hadn't been going to work?
Question 44
44.
Where had Walter been going instead of to work?
Question 45
45.
What fault does Mama find with herself?
Question 46
46.
What solution does Walter consider, after learning that Willy has taken all the money and ran off?
Question 47
47.
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!"
Question 48
48.
Where does Walter go when he gets restless and needs to think?
Question 49
49.
At what point does Mama say that Walter has finally achieved his "manhood"?
Question 50
50.
The topic of materialism is emphasized through certain objects in the play, such as
Question 51
51.
The character of Mrs. Johnson represents a different kind of ignorance and racism than Mr. Linder's character.
Question 52
52.
The setting of this play is the south side of Chicago, sometime between World War II and the present.
Question 53
53.
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.
Question 54
54.
Racial prejudice is evident by Mr. Linder's efforts to dissuade the Younger family from moving into Clybourne Park.
Question 55
55.
Throughout the play, Hansberry implies that love is unconditional; we sometimes need love the most when we least deserve it.
Question 56
56.
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.