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- 1. Multiple Choice
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"
Mama Younger
Ruth Younger
George Murchison
Joseph Asagai
- 2. Multiple Choice
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..."
Mama Younger
Ruth Younger
George Murchison
Joseph Asagai
- 3. Multiple Choice
Match the quote with the correct character:
"Then I say it loud and good...Hallelujah! and goodbye misery...I don't ever want to see your ugly face again!"
Mama Younger
Ruth Younger
George Murchison
Joseph Asagai
- 4. Multiple Choice
Match the quote with the correct character:
"Look honey, we're going to the theater - we're not going to be in it...so go change, huh?"
Mama Younger
Ruth Younger
George Murchison
Joseph Asagai
- 5. Multiple Choice
Match the quote with the correct character:
"What's the matter with [Mama]? Don't she want to be rich?"
Walter Younger
Beneatha Younger
Travis Younger
Karl Lindner
- 6. Multiple Choice
Match the quote with the correct character:
"Sometimes it's like I can see the future stretched out in front of me...Hanging there at the edge of my days. Just waiting for me - a big, looming blank space
Walter Younger
Beneatha Younger
Travis Younger
Karl Lindner
- 7. Multiple Choice
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 committing crimes or being immoral because I don't believe in God.
Walter Younger
Beneatha Younger
Travis Younger
Karl Lindner
- 8. Multiple Choice
Match the quote with the correct character:
"Most 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".
Walter Younger
Ruth Younger
Travis Younger
Karl Lindner
- 9. Multiple Choice
Match the statement with the BEST literary term:
Walter thinks the women in his life are the ones holding him back, but the reader knows that he needs to shoulder the blame.
allusion
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
irony
- 10. Multiple Choice
Match the statement with the BEST literary term:
The Clybourne Park "welcoming committee" offers to pay the Youngers in exchange for staying out of Clybourne Park.
allusion
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
irony
- 11. Multiple Choice
Match the statement with the BEST literary term:
Beneatha's educated friend calls Walter "Prometheus".
allusion
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
irony
- 12. Multiple Choice
Match the statement with the BEST literary term:
The Youngers share news of African Americans being "bombed out of their home" not too long before Mr. Lindner pays the family a visit.
allusion
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
irony
- 13. Multiple Choice
What were "restrictive covenants" in Chicago's history?
A situation in which white property owners agreed not to sell to African Americans
A situation in which churches were closed to African Americans
Areas with dense African American populations
All of the above
- 14. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is false about Lorraine Hansberry?
She was born in Chicago
Her family experienced an event similar to the Youngers
She grew up in Chicago's black belt
Her play was the first African American play on Broadway
- 15. Multiple Choice
How is Chicago's "black belt" represented in the play?
Clybourne Park is located in the black belt
The Younger Family's apartment is located in the black belt
Walter works in the black belt
All of the above
- 16. Multiple Choice
What does Ruth do for a living?
Nurse
Maid
Doctor
She is unemployed
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes Mama?
She is an optimist
She holds the family together
She is traditional
All of the above
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes Beneatha?
She is an optimist
She holds the family together
She is traditional
All of the above
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis $1?
They did not have $1 to spare
It made Ruth look like a liar
Ruth needed the bus fare
All of the above
- 20. Multiple Choice
Why does Walter say "Damn my eggs....damn the eggs that ever was"?
Walter is having a bad morning
Walter knows that eggs is all they can ever afford for breakfast
Walter wants Ruth to listen to his plans
All of the above
- 21. Multiple Choice
What does Asagai mean when he calls Beneatha "Alaiyo"
"Little idiot"
"One for whom food is not enough"
"One for whom books are not enough"
Burning Spear
- 22. Multiple Choice
What does Asagai think about Beneatha's hair earlier in the play?
It's unnatural
It isn't assimilative
It's too long
All of the above
- 23. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is a character who never appears on stage?
Willy
Bobo
Travis
Mr. Lindner
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why do Ruth and Mama approve of George Murchison?
He is an intellectual
He is handsome and wealthy
He listens to Beneatha
All of the above
- 25. Multiple Choice
How are George and Walter different?
George is confident about his future, Walter is not
George is well educated; Walter is not
George is an assimilationist; Walter is not
All of the above
- 26. Multiple Choice
Who says, "it expresses me"?
Mama
Beneatha
Both Mama and Beneatha
None of the above
- 27. Multiple Choice
What do Ruth, Beneatha, and Walter give to Mama before the family moves?
A new plant
A gardening hat
A set of gardening tools
A gardening book
- 28. Multiple Choice
Who steal's Walter's liquor store money?
Mr. Lindner
Bobo
Willy
Travis
- 29. Multiple Choice
How are Walter's dreams deferred throughout the play?
Ruth doesn't want to hear about Walter's liquor store plans
Walter works at a job he doesn't like
Mama isn't sure she wants to share the insurance money with Walter
All of the above
- 30. Multiple Choice
Which of the following describes Walter's dream?
He wants fame
He wants a fancy home
He wants to be educated
He wants to live the "American Dream"
- 31. Multiple Choice
Which word best describes Walter in the play:
Detached
Ambitious
Optimistic
Grounded
- 32. Multiple Choice
How does Ruth and Walter's relationship change throughout the play?
Their troubled relationship gets worse
Their troubled relationship grows stronger
Their close relationship begins to falter
Their close relationship grows stronger
- 33. Multiple Choice
In the last act, what does Walter say is "old time stuff"?
Money
Nice homes
Pride
Assimilation
- 34. Multiple Choice
What is Mama referring to when she tells Walter, "We ain't never been that dead inside"?
Even if they didn't have money; they had pride
Even if they didn't have money; they still had control of their emotions
Even if they didn't have money; they still had family
All of the above
- 35. Multiple Choice
How does Mama respond after Walter tells Mr. Lindner that the family is moving as planned?
"Hallelujah!"
"And goodbye"
"You know how young folks is"
All of the above
- 36. Multiple Choice
Who is Mama talking about when she tells Beneatha, "the time to love somebody the most...is when he is at his lowest and can't believe in himself"?
George Merchison
Joseph Asagai
her father
Walter
- 37. Multiple Choice
How does the author critique traditional gender roles with Beneatha's character?
Beneatha states she may not marry
Beneatha considers going to Africa
Beneatha doesn't put up with any insults from Walter
All of the above
- 38. Multiple Choice
What might Beneatha's hair symbolize?
First asslimilation; then African American pride
First African American pride; then assimilation
Only African American pride
Only assimilation
- 39. Multiple Choice
What does Mama's plant represent?
Care for her family
Hope
Change
All of the above
- 40. Multiple Choice
What does the new house represent to the Younger family?
Assimilation
Ambition
Danger
Hope
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