Random Questions
What is assimilation?
a group of people with a different ethnic heritage adopt the characteristics of a dominant culture
At the end of Act 1, Ruth faints. Why is this?
Ruth is pregnant.
What does Travis ask his mom to do after to school so he could make money?
Bag groceries
Who wrote the poem "Harlem" that the title of the play comes from?
Langston Hughes
What year did the play debut?
1959
Where is Asagai from?
Nigeria (Yoruba tribal origin)
What does the plant symbolize for Mama?
Her dream
Who said: "sure enough one day a kid named Rufus came down too fast and hit the sidewalk"
Beneatha
How does George describe Beneatha's natural hair style
Eccentric
What is the name of the author that wrote this play?
Lorraine Hansberry
After Beneatha tells Mama that George is a fool, she tells her she shouldn't "mess with no fools then"
What does Beneatha thank her for after?
For understanding her
What music is playing when Walter stands on the table to dance with Beneatha?
Nigerian folk music
Who is described here:
"The red showing in his eyes, the veins moving in his head, I seen him grow thin and old"
Big Walter
What does Walter believe is life?
What does Mama believe is life?
Money
Freedom
What was the name of the poem that inspired the name of A Raisin in the Sun?
"Harlem"
What change do Mama and Ruth see in Walter at the end?
He came into his manhood
What gift is given to Mama by Ruth, Walter, and Beneatha?
Gardening tools
We are dead now. All the talk about dreams and sunlight that goes on in this house. It's all dead now.
Beneatha
This is an example of what?
(Ruth and Bennie and Mama watch him in frozen horror)
Stage directions/staging
Why did the author write this play?
She drew inspiration from her own life.
Who does Mama plead to after Walter loses the money?
God
What does Mama say to Beneatha when she states that Walter is no brother to her?
You don't love someone when they are only doing good but also when they are down in life
Who says:
I can just see that chick someday looking down at some poor cat on an operating table and before she starts to slice him, she says..."By the way, what are your views on civil rights down there?"
Walter
How do Mama and Ruth find out that Walter hasn't been going to work.
They get a phone call from his bosses.
What is the setting of this play (place and time)?
Southside of Chicago in the 1950's