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True or False
100

This character asks for fifty cents at the start of the play

Who is Travis

100
"I was lookin' in the mirror and thinking about it...I'm thirty-five years old, I been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room--and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live"
Who is Walter
100

Definition: characterized by lack of consistency, regularity, or uniformity

What is erratic

100
Name the five major characters of the play
Who are Mama (Lena) Younger, Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Travis Younger
100

The family plans to move to a house in Clybourne Park

What is true

200
This character is happy when Mama tells the family she used some of the insurance money for a house.
Who is Ruth
200
Which character said the following quote: "No--there's something come down between me and them that don't let us understand each other and I don't know what it is. One done almost lost his mind thinking 'bout money all the time..."
Who is Mama
200

Definition: flirtatious(ly)

What is coquettish(ly)

200

The Younger family lives in this city and neighborhood

What is Chicago and the Southside

200
When Mama tells Walter she used some of the money for a house Walter accuses her of butchering his dreams.
What is true
300
This character denies the existence of God.
Who is Beneatha
300
These characters are involved in the conversation below: (1) "Were you born with it like that?" (2) "No...of course not." (1) "How then?"
Who are Asagai and Beneatha
300

Definition: attracting attention; obvious

What is conspicuous(ly)

300

The author of the play

Who is Lorraine Hansberry

300

Mama's plant symbolizes her love of gardening.

What is false

400
This character disagrees with the idea of finding one's African heritage.
Who is George Murchinson
400

This character says the following quote: "I's simple. You read books -- to learn facts - to get grades -- to pass the course -- to get a degree. That's all-- it has nothing to do with thoughts."

Who is George

400

Definition: sounding sad or mournful

What is plaintive

400

Name the poem and poet from which the play's title comes

What is Harlem and Langston Hughes

400

Alaiyo, Asagai's nickname for Beneatha, means "One for whom books are not enough"

What is false.

500
This character is only able to make a responsible decision after she/he loses everything.
Who is Walter
500

This character said the following quote: "And at the moment the overwhelming majority of our people out there feel that people get along better, take more of a common interest in the life of the community, when they share a common background."

Who is Mr. Lindner?

500

Definition: bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

What is sullen

500

This is the historic practice that allowed for housing discrimination

What is redlining

500

Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to wish them good luck.

What is false. Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to scare them about recent bombings against black families in local neighborhoods.