Show:
The Basics
Characters
Act One, Scene One
Act One, Scene Two
Act Two, Scene One
100
She is the author of A Raisin in the Sun, and her merits include being the first African American to have a play produced on Broadway.
Who is Lorraine Hansberry?
100
She is described as a pretty "girl" who is changing into a "settled woman".
Who is Ruth?
100
The day that the check is expected to arrive
What is Saturday?
100
Mama's expression changes from ______ to _____ after receiving the check and realizing that Big Walter had to die for it.
What is happy to sad?
100
Beneatha calls George one of these. Recall that these are people act and conduct themselves like everyone else in order to be accepted into society.
What is an assimilationist?
200
The play first ran in this year.
What is 1959?
200
He is the intense, lean, young man in his mid-thirties who has a dream.
Who is Walter Lee?
200
Ruth's response to Walter's desire for her support
What is "Eat your eggs; they gonna' be cold!"
200
Walter Lee tells Mama that THIS is life.
What is money?
200
Mama goes out and takes care of some business, purchasing one of these for the family.
What is a house?
300
The story is set in this major American city.
What is Chicago?
300
We don't hear very much about this character, but he also knows that the "check is coming".
Who is Travis?
300
The Younger family is waiting for a check in this amount.
What is $10,000?
300
Ruth returns from "the doctor" with this news.
What is her unexpected pregnancy?
300
This area of Chicago is the site of the Youngers' new home.
What is Clyburn Park?
400
This Harlem Renaissance poet is credited as Hansberry's inspiration for the title of the play.
Who is Langston Hughes?
400
A rich, "colored" young man, who has a penchant for white shoes
Who is George Murchison?
400
These two characters are interacting in "the slap scene".
Who are Beneatha and Mama?
400
Mama to W. Lee: "We are a family that gives ___".
What is life?
400
This mythological character is used as an insult from George to Walter.
Who is Prometheus?
500
"What happens to a ________ __________?"
What is a dream deferred?
500
Nigerian by birth, this character gives readers a snapshot of chivalry and Afrocentric values.
Who is Joseph Asagai?
500
Mama compares this to her children.
What is her plant?
500
"I'm waiting for you to be your _____'s son."
What is father's?
500
Walter has this issue that is starting to pose a serious problem between himself and his family.
What is drinking?