Characters
Which character has dreams of becoming a doctor?
Beneatha
What is the mood at the start of the play (when Hansberry is describing the apartment)?
Small, cramped, washed out, and overused
What is liberation?
To free someone from imprisonment, enslavery, or oppression.
"Eat your eggs, they gonna be cold."
Ruth
What gift do the Youngers buy Mama for the new house?
Gardening tools
Which character has dreams of owning a liquor store with their friends?
Walter Lee
Which conflict is introduced in Act I, Scene i, specifically?
The Youngers are about to receive a life insurance check for $10,000.
What is assimilation?
To change in order to become more like something else.
"Can't you give people a Christian greeting before you start asking about money?"
Lena (Mama)
What does Walter do with the money that his mother gives him?
He gives it all to Willie to take to Springfield to get their liquor license
Name all of the characters in the Younger family.
Lena (Mama), Walter Lee, Beneatha, Ruth, and Travis
Which conflict is introduced in Act I, Scene ii, specifically?
Ruth is pregnant and is thinking about getting an abortion.
What does it mean to be facetious?
To be sarcastic
"So you butchered up a dream of mine--you--who always talking 'bout your children's dreams..."
Walter
Who is the author of "A Raisin in the Sun"?
Lorraine Hansberry
What are the names of the men with whom Beneatha meets with in the play?
George Murchison and Joseph Asagai
"Once upon a time, freedom used to be life--now it's money." This is an example of what literary device?
Metaphor
What is gentrification?
Updating or renewing community areas for the influx of middle or upper class peoples.
"Our association is prepared, through the collective effort of our people, to buy the house from you at a financial gain to your family."
Karl Linder
Which poem is referenced in the title of our play?
Which character said "What else can I give you, Walter Lee Younger"?
Ruth
What does Mama's plant symbolize?
New life
What is segregation?
To set someone apart from others
"And nobody asked me, nobody consulted me--they just went out and changed my life!"
Beneatha
What is a theme statement for "A Raisin in the Sun"?
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