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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 act one 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
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.
200
This character denies the existence of God.
Who is Beneatha
200
Which character said the following quote: "That that was what one person could do for another, fix him up —sew up the problem, make him all right again. That was the most marvelous thing in the world ... I wanted to do that. I always thought it was the one concrete thing in the world that a human being could do. Fix up the sick..."
Who is Beneatha
200
This word means to show desire and determination to succeed.
What is ambitious
200
This is what type of irony? WALTER: Ain't nothing the matter with us. We just telling you 'bout the gentleman who came to see you this afternoon. From the Clybourne Park Improvement Association. MAMA: What he want? RUTH (in the same mood as Beneatha and Walter): To welcome you, honey. WALTER: He said they can't hardly wait.
What is verbal irony
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
This character said the following quote: "I seen...him...night after night...come in...and look at that rug...and look at me...the red showing in his eyes...I seen him grow thin and old before he was forty...working and working like somebody's old horse... killing himself...and you -- you give it all away in a day."
Who is Mama
300
This word means to show no concern or sympathy about something.
What is indifference
300
This is what type of irony? Mr. Lindner goes to the Younger home on behalf of Clybourne Park's "welcoming committee." However, during his visit he tries to convince them NOT to move into the neighborhood because he believes African American "families are happier when they live in their own communities" (Hansberry 553).
What is situational irony
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 Mrs. Johnson
400
This character says the following monologue: "We was going to set away, little by little, don't you know, and buy a little place out in Morgan Park. We had even picked out the house. Looks right dumpy today. But Lord, child, you should know all the dreams I had 'bout buying that house and fixing it up..."
Who is Mama
400
This word means to say or pronounce something clearly.
What is enunciating
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
This vocabulary word means to look at someone or something confused, or with amused puzzlement.
What is quizzical
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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