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Vocabulary
Grab Bag
True or False
100
This character is happy when Mama tells the family she used some of the insurance money for a house.
Who is Ruth
100
"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
100

This word is defined as: the process of a minority group being absorbed into the majority culture.

What is assimilationism

100
Name the five major characters of the play
Who are Mama (Lena) Younger, Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Travis Younger
100

In A Raisin in the Sun, light symbolizes hope, and the absence of light symbolizes despair. 

What is true

200
This character denies the existence of God.
Who is Beneatha
200
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
200

This word means to free or clear of wrongdoing.

What is vindicate

200

The Younger family is a poor family living on the poor side of this city.

What is Chicago and the Southside

200
When Mama tells Walter she used some of the money for a house Walter accuses her of butchering his dreams.
What is true
300

This character disagrees with the idea of finding one's African heritage.

Who is George Murchinson

300
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
300

Power exercised in an unfair, unjust, abusive or controlling way.

What is oppressive or oppression

300
The presence of this person changes Walter's mind about Lindner's offer.
Who is Travis
300
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.
400

This character brings ominous news to the Younger household.

Who is Bobo

400
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
400

To playfully joke during a serious time or issue.

What is facetiousness
400
The title of the play comes from a line in a poem written by which famous poet?
Who is Langston Hughes
400
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"
500
This character is only able to make a responsible decision after she/he loses everything.
Who is Walter
500
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?
500

Loving or friendly

amiable

500
Beneatha is so upset that Walter gave away her portion of the money that she contemplates making this life decision.
What is giving up on being a doctor
500
The Youngers decide to take Lindner up on his offer and use the money to buy a house in a different neighborhood.
What is false. The Younger family rebuffs Lindner's offer and move into Clybourne Park anyway.
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