Characters
Vocabulary
Quotes
This and that
Vocabulary
100
She buys a house with her husband's insurance money.
Who is Mama?
100
What od the Younger's have in common?
What is a dream?
100
"In my house , there is a God."
What did Mama say to Ruth?
100
Lorraine Hansberry
Who is the author?
100
uncertainly
What is tentatively?
200
His dream is to have a liquor store.
Who is Walter?
200
useless
What is futile?
200
You're a nice looking girl...all over. That's all you need honey, forget the atmosphere."
What did George Murchison say to Beneatha?
200
Chicago
What is the setting of the book?
200
stealthily, expressive of hidden motives
What is furtively?
300
He wants to be a bus driver when he grows up.
Who is Travis?
300
a suggestion plan
What is a proposition?
300
Well-- I do—all right thank everybody! And forgive me for ever wanting to be anything at all! FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ME, FORGIVE ME! p.14
What did Beneatha say to Walter?
300
Clybourne Park
Where did Mama buy the house?
300
cleared of accusation or blame
What is vindicated?
400
He makes fun of Beneatha's Native African dress.
Who is George Murchison?
400
ruler who exercises power in a harsh, cruel manner
What is a tyrant?
400
Honey--- I’m going to run me a tub of water up to here…And I’m going to get in it --- and I am going to sit….and sit… and sit in that hot water and the first person who knocks to tell me to hurry up and come out---p.71
What does Ruth say?
400
He tried to talk the Younger's into selling their house back to the neighborhood.
Who is Mr. Lindner?
400
heathen
What is a person who worships pagan gods or doesn't worship any god?
500
She gets angry with Walter at the beginning of play.
Who is Ruth?
500
provoked; irritated
What is exasperated?
500
“It is a matter of the people of Clybourne Park believing rightly or wrongly, as I say, that for the happiness of all concerned that our Negro families are happier when they live in their own communities”p.77
Who is Mr. Lindner?
500
violently: maliciously
What is viciously?
500
assimilation
What is when a minority culture disappears into the majority culture?