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100

This phrase appears early in the play, as an instruction from Ruth to Walter to quiet him. Walter then employs the phrase to illustrate how women keep men from achieving their goals—every time a man gets excited about something

What is "eat your eggs?"

100
He is wealthy, arrogant, conceited and dating Beneatha.
What is George Murchinson?
100
Says he wants to be a bus driver which upsets members of the family.
Who is Travis?
100

Name the character who says this: "I know ain’t nothing in this world as busy as you colored college boys with your fraternity pins and white shoes …"

Who is Walter Lee?

100

At the beginning of Act II, everyone is surprised about this when they see Beneatha.

What is her hair? It is "close-cropped and unstraightened."

200

This symbol signifies Beneatha's anti-assimilationist beliefs as well as her desire to shape her identity by looking back to her roots in Africa.

What is her hair/afro?

200
He is from Nigeria. He does not believe in changing who you are to fit in with a culture or society. He thinks Bennie should stop changing who she is to fit in.
What is Joseph Asagai?
200
Wants to be able to be the man of the house Wants to support his family. Wants to not work for someone else.
Who is Walter?
200

Name the character who says this: "You sure one proud-acting bunch of colored folks. Well—I always thinks like Booker T. Washington said that time—'Education has spoiled many a good plow hand'—"

Who is Mrs. Johnson?

200

George calls Walter this name, making him upset.

What is Prometheus?

300

Mama decides to purchase a home in this all-white neighborhood. Mama doesn’t intentionally make this decision to subvert the status quo of racial segregation, but her attempt “to find the nicest place for the least amount of money for my family” still entails an implicit act of resistance.

What is Clybourne Park?

300
Young boy who sleeps on the couch. He often has to sleep while his father and friends are up talking in the kitchen. He sometimes carries groceries at the supermarket to make money for his family.
What is Travis?
300
Wants to be a doctor.
Who is Beneatha?
300

Name the character who says this: "Never mind how I feel—you got any more to say ‘bout how people ought to sit down and talk to each other? … Get out of my house, man."

What is Walter Lee?

300
With Walter and Ruth in the room, who did Mama want to specifically hear about what she did with the money?

Who is Travis?

400

This provides a constant source of conflict and preoccupation in the Younger household.

What is money/insurance check?

400
Flits from one activity to another. Spent $50 on riding clothes, than switched to guitar, than on to something else.
What is Beneatha?
400
Wants to raise her children and for her family to be happy.
Who is Ruth?
400

Name the character who says this: "I guess I always think things have more emphasis if they are big, somehow."

Who is Beneatha?

400

George Murchison tells Beneatha he does not want to hear this from her.

What is her thoughts/"moody stuff?"

500

The most overt symbol in the play, this symbols represents both Mama’s care and her dream for her family.

What is the plant?

500
Nosey neighbor who comes over to see how the Youngers are doing with packing but is really there to share the news about the Clybourne Park bombing that was in the newspaper.
Who is Mrs. Johnson?
500
Wants a house for the family to live in where they do not have to sleep in the livingroom. A place with room for a garden.
Who is Mama?
500

Name the character who says this: "And we also have a category of what the association calls—(He looks elsewhere)--uh—special community problems…"

Who is Linder?

500

He came to the apartment as part of the Clybourne Park welcoming committee.

Who is Mr. Karl Linder?