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- 1. Open EndedLorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun takes the title of the play from...
- 2. Open EndedA Raisin in the Sun chronicles the lives of the Younger family over the course of...
- 3. Open EndedThe play is set in
- 4. Open EndedTo secure his stake in the liquor store, Walter Lee hopes to invest
- 5. Open EndedBeneatha
- 6. Open EndedThe assessment of Walter Younger, Sr. as "hard-headed, mean, kind of wild with women" is delivered by
- 7. Open EndedMr. Asagi gives Beneatha the nickname "Alaiyo" meaning
- 8. Open EndedBeneatha's attempts to reclaim her heritage are nastily dismissed when that heritage is termed "raggedy-assed spirituals" and "grass huts" by
- 9. Open EndedTo Mama, for Walter Lee to truly be his father's son, he must
- 10. Open EndedMr. Asagai metaphorically claims that he and Beneatha can engage with their people's painful past by alluding to
- 11. Open EndedWhen Beneatha addresses Walter Lee as "Symbol of the Rising Class! Entrepreneur! Titan of the system," her tone can best be described as
- 12. Open EndedIn on of her most important speeches Mama articulates a crucial difference between being simply materially poor and being
- 13. Open EndedWalter Lee
- 14. Open EndedMama
- 15. Open EndedRuth
- 16. Open EndedTravis
- 17. Open EndedJoseph Asagai
- 18. Open EndedGeorge Murchison
- 19. Open EndedMr. Karl Lindner
- 20. Open EndedWilly Harris
- 21. Open EndedChicago
- 22. Open EndedClybourne Park
- 23. Open Endedassimilationist
- 24. Open Endedchauffer
- 25. Open EndedMaid
- 26. Open EndedMama's plant as a symbol
- 27. Open EndedEat your eggs.
- 28. Open EndedLorraine Hansberry
- 29. Open EndedInsurance policy
- 30. Open EndedA Raisin in the Sun
- 31. Open EndedWhy did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her in Act I?
- 32. Open EndedWhy was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis 50 cents?
- 33. Open EndedWho are Willy and Bobo?
- 34. Open EndedWalter said, "Damn my eggs . . . damn all the eggs that ever was!" Why?
- 35. Open EndedWhy did Beneatha say she wouldn't marry George?
- 36. Open EndedWhat was Beneatha's attitude towards God?
- 37. Open EndedWhat happened to Ruth at the end of Act I Scene One?
- 38. Open EndedWhat did Ruth find out at the doctor's office?
- 39. Open EndedWhere did Ruth actually go instead of the doctor's office?
- 40. Open EndedWhy did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his father's memory?
- 41. Open EndedWhy didn't Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?
- 42. Open EndedWhat fault does Mama find with herself?
- 43. Open EndedWhat solution does Walter have to losing the money?
- 44. Open EndedWhy didn't Walter take the money Lindner offered?
- 45. Open EndedDid the Youngers stay or move?
- 46. Open EndedWho was Karl Lindner, and why did he visit the Youngers' house?
- 47. Open EndedWhat was Walter's reaction to Lindner?
- 48. Open EndedWhat presents did Mama get?
- 49. Open EndedWhat news did Bobo bring to Walter?
- 50. Open EndedWhat did Mama for Walter in terms of money?
- 51. Open EndedWhat was Beneatha's family doing when George came in?
- 52. Open EndedWhat did Mama do with her money?
- 53. Open EndedWhat was Walter's reaction to Mama's purchase? Ruth's reaction?
- 54. Open EndedThemes
- 55. Open EndedWho 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 EndedMajor conflict
- 57. Open EndedGenre
- 58. Open Endedtime period
- 59. Open EndedWhat does Walter's employer call to say?
- 60. Open EndedNear the end of the play, what does Asagai leave Beneatha to think about?
- 61. Open EndedWhat happens to the money that Walter invests in the liquor store?
- 62. Open EndedAt what point does Mama say that Walter has finally achieved his "manhood"
- 63. Open EndedWho is the last to leave the Younger apartment at the end of the play?
- 64. Open EndedWhere do Ruth and Walter go when they are becoming more hopeful about the future?
- 65. Open EndedIn 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 EndedWho 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 EndedWho 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 EndedWho says, "We have decided to move into our house because my father—my father—he earned it for us brick by brick"?
- 69. Open EndedWhen 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 EndedWhen 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 EndedWhen 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 EndedWhen 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 EndedWhat does it mean when a dream is deferred?
- 74. Open EndedWhat literary device represents the furniture, carpet, and light from the window? Why?
- 75. Open EndedShe is using personification; the furnishings of the house embody the struggle the family is enduring.
- 76. Open EndedAccording to George Murchison, the heritage of black Americans
- 77. Open EndedWhat is Mama's motive for buying a house in the all-white community of Clybourne Park?
- 78. Open Endedsunlight vs. darkness
- 79. Open EndedLena's plant
- 80. Open EndedBeneatha's hair
- 81. Open EndedInsurance check/money
- 82. Open EndedGeorge Murchison's white shoes
- 83. Open EndedAsagain's Nigerian robes
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