When Mama tells the family that she bought a house with some of the insurance money, this character is pleased.
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"
Walter
This act one word is defined as: the process of a minority group being absorbed int the majority culture.
Assimilation
Name the five major characters of the play
Mama (Lena), Walter, Ruth, Beneatha, and Travis.
Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to wish them good luck.
false. Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to scare them about recent bombings against black families in local neighborhoods.
This character rejects the idea that God exists.
Benetha
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..."
Mama
______ is malicious or unjust treatment of, or exercise of power over, a group of individuals, often in the form of governmental authority.
Opression
The Younger family is a poor family living on the poor side of this city called what?
Chicago
When Mama tells Walter she used some of the money for a house Walter accuses her of butchering his dreams.
True
This character disagrees with the idea of finding one's African heritage.
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?"
Asagi and Benetha
a state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream.
Reverie
The presence of this person changes Walter's mind about Lindner's offer.
Travis
Mama's plant symbolizes her love of gardening.
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.
The Younger household receives unsettling news from this person.
Mrs. Johnson
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..."
Ruth
Travis _________ asked Ruth for $0.50, but she didn't want to give it to him.
Beesechingly
The title of the play comes from a line in a poem written by which famous poet?
Langston Hughes
Alaiyo, Asagai's nickname for Beneatha, means "One for whom books are not enough"
false. Alaiyo means "One for whom bread is not enough"
Only after losing everything can this character make a decent choice.
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."
Mr. Lindner
This vocabulary word best fills in the blank below: George Murchinson found Beneatha's robe to be _______.
Ludicrous
Beneatha is so upset that Walter gave away her portion of the money that she contemplates making this life decision.
Giving up on being a doctor
The Youngers decide to take Lindner up on his offer and use the money to buy a house in a different neighborhood.
false. The Younger family rebuffs Lindner's offer and move into Clybourne Park anyway.