Who did this?
This character is happy when Mama tells the family she used some of the insurance money for a house.
Who is Ruth
"I was lookin' in the mirror and thinking about it...I'm thirty-five years old, I been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room--and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live"
Who is Walter
Beneatha defines this word as: the process of giving up one's own culture and submerging oneself completely in the dominant (oppressive) culture
What is assimilation
Name the five major characters of the play
Who are Mama (Lena) Younger, Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Travis Younger
Karl Lindner visits the Younger family because he is excited and wants to welcome them to Clybourne Park as his new neighbors
What is false. Lindner comes over to "respectfully" suggest that they do not move to Clybourne Park
This character denies the existence of God.
Who is Beneatha
Which character said the following quote: "No--there's something come down between me and them that don't let us understand each other and I don't know what it is. One done almost lost his mind thinking 'bout money all the time..."
Who is Mama
The policy put in place to refuse mortgages in and near African American neighborhoods.
What is redlining
The Younger family is a poor family living on the poor side of this city?
What is Chicago
When Mama tells Walter she used some of the money for a house Walter accuses her of butchering his dreams.
What is true
This character disagrees with the idea of finding one's African heritage.
Who is George Murchinson
These characters are involved in the conversation below: (1) "Were you born with it like that?" (2) "No...of course not." (1) "How then?"
Who are Asagai and Beneatha
This word means to isolate and enforce separation of different groups of people based on race
What is segregation
The presence of this person changes Walter's mind about Lindner's offer.
Who is Travis
Mama's plant symbolizes her love of gardening.
What is False. Mama's plant symbolizes her dream of owning a house with a garden. Mama's plant also symbolizes her children and how they have grown up despite their poor living conditions.
This character brings bad news to Walter about their investment
Who is Bobo
This character says the following quote: "I guess maybe I better go on and do what I started...I guess I just didn't realize how bad things was with us..."
Who is Ruth
The process of population movement outside of cities and into suburbs; in the 1950s this movement excluded certain groups and contributed to racially divided areas.
What is suburbanization
The title of the play comes from a line in a poem written by which famous poet?
Who is Langston Hughes
Alaiyo, Asagai's nickname for Beneatha, means "One for whom books are not enough"
What is false. Alaiyo means "One for whom bread is not enough"
This character is only able to make a responsible decision after she/he loses everything.
Who is Walter
This character said the following quote: "And at the moment the overwhelming majority of our people out there feel that people get along better, take more of a common interest in the life of the community, when they share a common background."
Who is Mr. Lindner?
This word refers to public murders carried out by mobs.
What is lynching
This person visits the Younger family with a newspaper with the headline "NEGROES INVADE CLYBORNE PARK-BOMBED!"
Who is Mrs. Johnson?
The Youngers all think it's a good idea to accept Lindner's offer and not move to Clybourne Park
What is false. The Younger family are all insulted by Lindner's offer