A Raisin In the Sun

Which of the following is true about Lindner?

• He is a religious man.

• He is a nice man who is trying to take care of his neighbors.

• He speaks in a kind voice and compliments the family, but he has racist views.

What causes Walter to say to Travis, "No Daddy ain't drunk. Daddy ain't never going to be drunk again.....?

• Walter has just gotten sick from drinking.

• Walter has just been given the remaining money by Mama.

• Walter has just lost his job.

Why did Lorraine Hansberry name her play after a line in Langston Hughe's poem, "Harlem: A Dream Deferred"?

• Because she admired Langston Hughes's writing style.

• Because both the poem and the play are about sunlight.

• Because both the poem and the play are about dreams and what can happen to them.

In talking symbolically about the new home, what does Mama mean when she tells Ruth, "Yes, child, there's a whole lot of sunlight."?

• There will be many windows in the new home.

• They will have more hope and opportunity in the new home.

• She will be able to grow more plants in the new home.

When saying, "Good bye", George calls Walter, "Promethues". How is Walter like Prometheus?

• Both Walter and Prometheus had successful ideas. 

•   Both Walter and Prometheus steal what wasn't given to them.

• Both

  Walter and Promethues have a plan for how they think they can make life better for other people.

About what key topic do George and Beneatha disagree?

• Money

• Heritage

• drinking

What is one theme or message of the play?

• Family and community can support each other through hard times.

• Sometimes it is necessary to only care about oneself.

• Life is all about disappointments and being betrayed.

What is Asagai's goal when speaking to Beneatha after the money is gone?

• To let her feel sorry for herself and complain as much as she wants.

• To encourage her to feel angry at her brother and not forgive him.

• To get her to see that she can still have hopes and dreams even after bad things happen.

Which of the following are the reasons why Walter changed his mind about selling their house back to Lindner?

• Mama explaining to him about the five generations of family who came before him and fought hard for equal opportunity.

  AND

  Mama having Travis stay in the room.

• Mama explaining to him about the five generations of family who came before him and fought hard for equal opportunity.

  AND

  Mr. Lindner's mean attitude toward them.

• Mama telling Walter that he is a toothless rat.

  AND

  Mama having Travis stay in the room.

What can we infer about Ruth from the following stage direction?

"([Ruth] flings her arms up and lets them come down happily, slowly, reflectively, over her abdomen, aware for the first time perhaps that the life therein pulses with happiness and not despair)."

• That Ruth has a stomach ache.

• That Ruth will keep the baby.

• That Ruth will not keep the baby.