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Characterization
Significant Quotes
Vocabulary
Minor Characters
Symbols
100
Describe Mama's personality.
What is proud, strong, nurturing, and the "rock" of the family.
100
Who is the speaker of the following quote: "Well, for God's sake- if the moving men are here- LET'S GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" (149).
Who is Ruth.
100
Create a sentence pertaining to ARITS using the following vocabulary term(s): erratic
What is ... Erratic: deviating from the norm, eccentric
100
How does Mrs. Johnson affect the plot?
What is historical context, comedic element, and negativity.
100
What does Beneatha's hair symbolize?
What is change towards the identity that she wishes to have.
200
Relate the poem "Dreams Deferred" to one of the major characters.
What are endless possibilities.
200
Who is the speaker of the following quote: "Now you all be quiet...it's just a check" (68).
Who is Mama.
200
Create a sentence pertaining to ARITS using the following vocabulary term(s): conspicuous and quizzical
What is ... Conspicuous: easily seen Quizzical: questioning, puzzled
200
How does George Murchison affect the plot?
What is assimilationism and stereotypical male gender roles of his time.
200
What do George Murchison's shoes represent?
What is wealth and assimilationism.
300
How does Walter become a man by the end of the play?
What is stands up to Karl Lindner. Walter realizes that family takes precedent over monetary value, and that making his family's dreams come true can only be done by making them happy not providing for them financially.
300
Who is the speaker of this quote, and what is its significance? "Oh - So now it's life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life - note it's money. I guess the world really do change..." (74).
Who is Mama and what is Mama's priorities. This quote displays Mama's priorities in contrast to Walter's.
300
Create a sentence pertaining to ARITS using the following vocabulary term(s): anguish and unobtrusively
What is ... Anguish: excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain Unobtrusively: inconspicuous, not attracting attention
300
How does Asagai affect the plot?
What is catalyst for Beneatha to change.
300
What does the insurance check symbolically represent?
What is power.
400
Discuss one character's internal and external conflicts.
What are endless possibilities.
400
Who is the speaker of the following quote, and what is its significance? "-Do you hear the singing of the women, singing the war songs of our fathers to the babies in the great houses? Singing the sweet war songs! (The doorbell rings) OH, DO YOU HEAR, MY BLACK BROTHERS?
Who is Walter and what is his symbolic dance as an African tribal leader.
400
Create a sentence pertaining to ARITS using the following vocabulary term(s): furtive, indignant, and neurotic
What is ... Furtive: taken, done, used by stealth; secret Indignant: Feeling characterized by, or expressing, strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, or insulting Neurotic: showing characteristics of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease
400
How does Karl Lindner affect the plot?
What is antagonist. Karl Lindner is the arch nemesis to Walter. He represents the racial segregation that looms over the Youngers, and it is only when Walter overpowers Lindner that one can see the power to break racial discrimination.
400
What is the symbolic meaning of the plant?
What is Mama's nurturing attitude of her family.
500
Playwrights inarguably include characters to promote social change. How might one of the main characters promote a social change that Hansberry would defend?
What is (1) feminism (2) afrocentrism (3) the injustice of racial segregation
500
Who is the speaker of the quote, to whom are they speaking, and what is the significance of this quote? "And we have decided to move into our house because my father - my father - he earned it brick by brick." (148).
Who is Walter to Lindner. This is the moment when Walter becomes a man; this is Walter's ultimate transformation.
500
create a sentence pertaining to ARITS using the following vocabulary term(s): Futile, furtive, permeated, and unobtrusively
What is ... Futile: incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless Furtive: taken, done, used by steal; secret Permeated: to pass into or through every part of Unobtrusively: inconspicuous, unassertive
500
Discuss how one of the minor characters helps portray an important theme of ARITS.
What is (1) feminism (2) afrocentrism (3) the injustice behind racial segregation
500
What does the raisin in the sun symbolize?
What is the family's individual dreams.