A Raisin in the Sun Act 1 Quiz

What is the general setting of the play? (Choose one or more answer(s))

• Chicago's Southside

• Harlem, New York City

• A ghetto in Detroit

• 1970's

• 1950's

Mama says, "[It's dangerous when] a man goes outside his house to look for peace." Walter responds, "Why can't there never be no peace in this house then?" What is ironic about his response?

• There is peace in the house.

• Mama is causing the lack of peace in the house.

• He has been the one trying to restore peace in the house.

• He is the one causing the lack of peace in the house.

It is Beneatha's dream to earn an advanced nursing degree.

• True

• False

Which character wants the money to make them rich with a business venture?

• Beneatha

• Walter Lee

• Ruth

• Mama

• Big Walter

What prompts Mama to say, "You are a disgrace to your father's memory"?

• He doesn't discourage Ruth from getting an abortion.

• He is lazy and does not provide for his family.

• He is disrespectful toward Ruth and Lena.

• He wants to open a liquor story with the insurance money.

Which of the following is true about the relationship between Asagai and Beneatha?

• He has serious feelings for her, but she doesn't feel the same way about him.

• They love each other and hope to get married in the future.

Mama thinks Walter is ungrateful for what he has and the sacrifices she and big Walter made for the family.

• True

• False

Mama slaps Beneatha for...

• insisting that she doesn't want to get married

• dropping out of college

• screaming at her brother

• denying the existence of God

Mama fully supports Walter's dream of owning a liquor store because that's what Big Walter would have wanted.

• False

• True

The mood of the play, according to the stage directions at the beginning of Act I, could best be described as...

• Tired

• Mysterious

• Strange

• Happy