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What is assimilation?
the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.
At the end of Act 1, Ruth faints when Mama asked her to sing. What was the reason she fainted?
Ruth is pregnant.
What does Travis ask his mom to do after to school so he could make money?
Bag groceries
Who wrote the poem "Harlem" that the title of the play comes from?
Langston Hughes
What year did the play debut?
1959
Who does Mama plead to at the end of the play?
To God
What does the plant symbolize for Mama?
It symbolizes Mama's hopes and dreams for her family to thrive and grow
Who said: "sure enough one day a kid named Rufus came down too fast and hit the sidewalk"
Beneatha
How does George describe Beneatha's natural hair style
Eccentric
The Author made history having this play produced because...?
First black woman to have play produced
After Beneatha tells Mama George is a fool, she tells her she shouldn't "mess with no fools then"
What does Beneatha thank her for after?
For Understanding her
What music is playing when Walter stands on the table to chant with Beneatha?
Nigerian folk music
Who is describe here:
"The red showing in his eyes, the veins moving in his head, I seen him grow thin and old"
Big Walter
What does Walter believe is life?
What does Mama believe is life?
Money
Freedom
Women gaining the right to universal suffrage (voting in every state) with the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920
and
During the second wave, feminists aimed to overcome societal and cultural expectations as well as legal and professional limitations
Are both examples of...?
The women's movement
What Change does Mama and Ruth see in Walter at the end?
He came into his manhood
What gift is given to Mama by Ruth, Walter, and Beneatha?
Gardening tools
We are dead now. All the talk about dreams and sunlight that goes on in this house. It's all dead now.
Beneatha
This is an example of what?
(Ruth and Bennie and Mama watch him in frozen horror)
Stage directions/staging
Contractual agreements that prohibit the sale and lease to specific groups
Restrictive Covenants
What is Asagai's tribal origin?
Yoruba
What lesson does Mama give Beneatha after she says Walter is no brother of her?
You don't love someone when they are only doing good but also when they are down in life
Who says:
I can just see that chick someday looking down at some poor cat on an operating table and before she starts to slice him, she says..."By the way, what are your views on civil rights down there?"
Walter
What type of negros does Beneatha say she is sick of?
Assimilationist Negros
Executive Order 1981
Brown v. Board of Education
The “Little Rock Nine” fight
“Freedom Riders”
Are all examples from the...
Civil Rights Movement