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
Which literary device is represented in this sentence?
'Bitter? Man I'm a volcano. Bitter? Here I am a giant, surrounded by ants!'?
Simile Metaphor Personification Allusion
Characterization
Metaphor
Name the five major characters of the play
Who are Mama (Lena) Younger, Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Travis Younger
Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to wish them good luck.
What is false. Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to scare them about recent bombings against black families in local neighborhoods who have moved into white neighborhoods
This character denies the existence of God.
Who is Beneatha
Which character said the following quote: "I come from five generations of people who was slaves and sharecroppers – but ain’t nobody in my family never let nobody pay ‘em no money that was a way of telling us we wasn’t fit to walk the earth. We ain’t never been that poor."
Who is Mama
Which literary device is represented in this sentence?
"...but the carpet has fought back by showing its weariness, with depressing uniformity, elsewhere on its surface."
Simile Metaphor Personification Allusion
Characterization
personification
The Younger family is a poor family living on the poor side of this city called what?
What is Chicago and the Southside
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.
Who is George Murchinson
Which character said and to whom?: "I will show you our mountains and our stars; and give you cool drinks from gourds and teach you the old songs and the ways of our people – and, in time, we will pretend that – (Very softly)– you have only been away for a day… (Act III, scene i)"
Asagai to Beneatha
Which literary device is represented in this sentence?
"We can see that she was a pretty girl, even exceptionally so, but now it is apparent that life has been little that she expected, and disappointment has already begun to hang in her face. In a few years, before thirty-five even, she will be known among her people as a “settled woman.”
Simile Metaphor Personification Allusion
Characterization
characterization
The housing discrimination practice of only selling property to white families in a certain area and black families in a certain area is called
Redlining
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.
This character is a nosy busybody who wants to know the Younger's news
Who is Mrs. Johnson
This character says the following quote: "You know what you should do, Miss Lena? You should take yourself a trip somewhere. To Europe or South America or someplace — …”
Ruth
Which literary device is represented in this sentence?
"To our own Mrs. Miniver Love from Brother, Ruth and Beneatha."
Simile Metaphor Personification Allusion
Characterization
allusion
The title of the play comes from a line in a poem called____________ and written by which famous poet?
"A Dream Deferred" byLangston 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"
This character is only able to make a responsible decision after losing 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?
Which literary device is represented in this sentence?
"He finally come into his manhood today, didn't he? Kind of like a rainbow after the rain."
Simile Metaphor Personification Allusion
Characterization
simile
Beneatha is so upset that Walter gave away her portion of the money that was supposed to be used for this
Money for college so she could study to be 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.