A Raisin in the Sun (Pre-Reading) WEBQUEST, YOUNGER APARTMENT, HISTORY

Webquest- Who wrote A Raisin in the Sun?

• Martin Luther King Jr.

• Langston Hughes

• Lorraine Hansberry

• Harriet Tubman

Webquest- When was A Raisin in the Sun written?

• 1947

• 1957

• 1967

• 1977

Webquest- The title for A Raisin in the Sun came from Langston Hughes' poem entitled, "Harlem." What is this poem about?

• Consequences of money

• Family issues

• Jim Crow Laws

• A dream deferred

Webquest- Lorraine Hansberry died in 1965, at the age of

• 34

• 44

• 54

• 64

Younger Apartment- Where does A Raisin in the Sun take place?

• Eastern New York

• South west Alabama

• Chicago- Southside

• Northside Virginia

Younger Apartment- What time period does the play take place?

• Sometime between World War II and present (when it was published)

• Sometime between World War I and World War II

• Sometime after the Vietnam War

• The play does not specify

Younger Apartment- What are two words that best reflect the Younger apartment?

• Cozy and warm

• Warn and cramped

• dark and unwelcoming

• large and spacious

Younger Apartment- Which characters live in the "two" room Younger apartment?

• ASAGAI, BENETHA, RUTH, WALTER, MAMA

• BIG WALTER, LIDNER, MAMA, TRAVIS

• MAMA, BENEATHA, WILLY, TRAVIS, GEORGE

• MAMA, BENEATHA, RUTH, WALTER, TRAVIS

Younger Apartment-

True or False:

There is a bathroom within the Younger family apartment.

• True

• False

Younger apartment- Which two sets of individuals each have a room in the "two" bedroom apartment?

• Ruth and Walter

• Travis and Walter

• Mama and Beneatha

• Ruth and Beneatha