Raisin in the Sun
a) irony b) personification c) symbolism d) dynamic character
c) symbolism
What happens to a dream ______?
deferred
Why are the daughter and mother protagonist and antagonist?
a) They are both females
b) There is a strong family bond
c) There is conflict between them
d) They were born in different countries
c) there is conflict between them
What part of the 5 parts of the plot diagram is where tension and conflict is in the story and keeps increasing?
a) resolution b) climax c) falling action d) exposition e) rising action
e)Rising action
Many people ___________ acts of heroism, such as the firefighter who rescue people from burning buildings.
a) commit
b) empathize
c) circumstances
d) salvage
a) commit
What does Mama do with the $10,000 eventually?
She bought a house and gave the rest to Walter to split up between his business and put the rest in savings for Beneatha's college.
What job (vocab word) did Walter have in "Raisin in the Sun"?
In "The Moustache", Mike’s main conflict with his grandmother is whether he should...
Drop the pretense of being his grandfather
Why did we play the Bean Game ?
to understand how money can have the potential to limit a family, create stress on a family, and how difficult it might be to have needs, luxuries and pay expenses when the budget is limited
To force or make to do something is to ____ someone.
a) empathize
b) compel
c) assert
d) eliminate
b) compel
How was Lorraine Hansberry's father involved in housing segregation?
Her father was a real estate agent, who sued and won a Home Owner's Association discriminatory practice of trying to evict them from their Chicago neighborhood because they were black.
This is vocabulary word described the furniture in the Younger's apartment - which was a metaphor for feelings of their status and living conditions
weary
Which detail about Mitchell is most closely related to the theme of the story?
a) Mitchell dyes his hair black.
b) Mitchell visited Sweden with his mother.
c) Mitchell is a kicker on the football team.
d) Mitchell’s father died when he was young.
a) Mitchell dyes his hair black.
This is a logical connection that explains why evidence supports a claim.
reasoning
Disapproval of behavior, mixed with shame and blame.
a) characterize
b) pathetic
c) reproach
d) inevitable
c) reproach
Who was Mr. Lindner?
The man from the Clyborne Home Association who tries to pay the Younger's to not move into his white neighborhood
What is the vocabulary word for the monthly / set payment a policyholder makes in order to have insurance? (this is the fixed expense the policyholder must pay regularly to keep up their insurance)
premium
What is the source of Jimmy T's conflict and why he puts up a pretense? (2 things about his life)
his father verbally and emotionally abuses him
his mother is an alcoholic
Randolph is described as a _________ character.
a) antagonistic b) static c) external d) dynamic
b) static
There was a hint of ____________ the elderly in "The Moustache".
a) stigmatizing
b) reproaching
c) obscuring
d) asserting
a) stigmatizing
Which 2 characters say this:
“Once upon a time freedom used to be life--now it's money. . . .”
--“No--it was always money, Mama. We just didn't know about it.”
Mama and Walter
Which vocabulary word is the amount of money you must pay first with insurance out of your own pocket, before the insurance company will begin to help pay?
deductible
The narrative Nicole is about...
racism (and identity)
Why should people learn analogies?
(from article and lecture)
It makes people think critically and form a logical relationship between words/phrases/concepts
The internal conflict in "Two Kinds" was that the daughter felt her mother expected her to be a ___.
prodigy