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- 1. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptLorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun takes the title of the play from...
- 2. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptA Raisin in the Sun chronicles the lives of the Younger family over the course of...
- 3. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptThe play is set in
- 4. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptTo secure his stake in the liquor store, Walter Lee hopes to invest
- 5. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptBeneatha
- 6. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptThe assessment of Walter Younger, Sr. as "hard-headed, mean, kind of wild with women" is delivered by
- 7. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptMr. Asagi gives Beneatha the nickname "Alaiyo" meaning
- 8. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptBeneatha's attempts to reclaim her heritage are nastily dismissed when that heritage is termed "raggedy-assed spirituals" and "grass huts" by
- 9. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptTo Mama, for Walter Lee to truly be his father's son, he must
- 10. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptMr. Asagai metaphorically claims that he and Beneatha can engage with their people's painful past by alluding to
- 11. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhen Beneatha addresses Walter Lee as "Symbol of the Rising Class! Entrepreneur! Titan of the system," her tone can best be described as
- 12. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptIn on of her most important speeches Mama articulates a crucial difference between being simply materially poor and being
- 13. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWalter Lee
- 14. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptMama
- 15. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptRuth
- 16. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptTravis
- 17. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptJoseph Asagai
- 18. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptGeorge Murchison
- 19. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptMr. Karl Lindner
- 20. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWilly Harris
- 21. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptChicago
- 22. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptClybourne Park
- 23. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptassimilationist
- 24. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptchauffer
- 25. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptMaid
- 26. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptMama's plant as a symbol
- 27. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptEat your eggs.
- 28. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptLorraine Hansberry
- 29. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptInsurance policy
- 30. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptA Raisin in the Sun
- 31. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhy did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her in Act I?
- 32. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhy was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis 50 cents?
- 33. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWho are Willy and Bobo?
- 34. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWalter said, "Damn my eggs . . . damn all the eggs that ever was!" Why?
- 35. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhy did Beneatha say she wouldn't marry George?
- 36. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat was Beneatha's attitude towards God?
- 37. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat happened to Ruth at the end of Act I Scene One?
- 38. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat did Ruth find out at the doctor's office?
- 39. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhere did Ruth actually go instead of the doctor's office?
- 40. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhy did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his father's memory?
- 41. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhy didn't Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?
- 42. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat fault does Mama find with herself?
- 43. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat solution does Walter have to losing the money?
- 44. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhy didn't Walter take the money Lindner offered?
- 45. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptDid the Youngers stay or move?
- 46. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWho was Karl Lindner, and why did he visit the Youngers' house?
- 47. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat was Walter's reaction to Lindner?
- 48. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat presents did Mama get?
- 49. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat news did Bobo bring to Walter?
- 50. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat did Mama for Walter in terms of money?
- 51. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat was Beneatha's family doing when George came in?
- 52. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat did Mama do with her money?
- 53. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat was Walter's reaction to Mama's purchase? Ruth's reaction?
- 54. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptThemes
- 55. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWho says "There is always something left to love. And if you ain't learned that, you ain't learned nothing" in A Raisin in the Sun?
- 56. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptMajor conflict
- 57. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptGenre
- 58. Open-ended30 seconds1 pttime period
- 59. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat does Walter's employer call to say?
- 60. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptNear the end of the play, what does Asagai leave Beneatha to think about?
- 61. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat happens to the money that Walter invests in the liquor store?
- 62. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptAt what point does Mama say that Walter has finally achieved his "manhood"
- 63. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWho is the last to leave the Younger apartment at the end of the play?
- 64. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhere do Ruth and Walter go when they are becoming more hopeful about the future?
- 65. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptIn Act 2, When Walter is fooling around with Beneatha while she is dressed in the African robe and hat, what does Walter call himself?
- 66. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWho says, "Oh—So now it's life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life—now it's money. I guess the world really do change . ."?
- 67. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWho says, "Then isn't there something wrong in a house—in a world—where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the death of a man?"
- 68. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWho says, "We have decided to move into our house because my father—my father—he earned it for us brick by brick"?
- 69. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhen mama talks about her ancestors and Beneath talks about the accomplishments of different African tribes, which theme from the play are they exalting?
- 70. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhen Walter explains his plans to own a liquor store and Beneatha stands her ground about becoming a doctor, these characters are supporting which prominent theme in the play?
- 71. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhen Mama buys the house for the family and when Mama walks back into the apartment to grab her plant before the closing curtain, which theme does this represent?
- 72. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhen Walter decides to move the family to the new house by turning down Lindner's offer, and when Beneatha explains to Asagai that the apartment doesn't always look so messy, these are examples of which theme?
- 73. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat does it mean when a dream is deferred?
- 74. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat literary device represents the furniture, carpet, and light from the window? Why?
- 75. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptShe is using personification; the furnishings of the house embody the struggle the family is enduring.
- 76. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptAccording to George Murchison, the heritage of black Americans
- 77. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptWhat is Mama's motive for buying a house in the all-white community of Clybourne Park?
- 78. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptsunlight vs. darkness
- 79. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptLena's plant
- 80. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptBeneatha's hair
- 81. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptInsurance check/money
- 82. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptGeorge Murchison's white shoes
- 83. Open-ended30 seconds1 ptAsagain's Nigerian robes
