WorksheetsA Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
It is Walter’s dream to ____________ a lot of money
acquire
antagonist
Mr. Linder is a(n) _____________________ of the play, “A Raisin in the Sun.”
bias
antagonist
Mrs. Johnson ____________ Booker T. Washington, saying “Education has ruined many a good plow hand.”
equivalent
bias
cites
counsel
White folks show their ___________ against black people moving into their neighborhood
weary
equivalent
counsel
bias
White folks bombed Clybourne Park; ___________________, black folks were scared to move there
consequently
pursing
venture
matriarch
Mama tries hard to _____________ all of her children. Sometimes they accept her advice, often they do not.
merely
counsel
pursing
venture
10,000 dollars in 1959 is _______________ to roughly 100,000 dollars today.
weary
intellectual
equivalent
bias
Ruth and the rest of the family are ready to move, because they are all so ____________ of the apartment.
bias
consequently
venture
weary
Ruth and the rest of the family are ready to move, because they are all so ____________ of the apartment.
intellectual
late
matriarch
lucrative
Mama buys the house in part to fulfill her __________ husband’s dream
venture
weary
late
Walter believes with all his heart that the liquor business will be very ________________.
bias
venture
pursing
lucrative
Walter gets mad at his mother when she buys the house. He recognizes that she is the _____________ of the family, and that he doesn’t have control.
mortgage
matriarch
protagonist
merely
When Mama receives the check, she ___________ holds it at first, almost afraid to open it.
cites
acquire
merely
pursuing
Mama uses part of the money to put a down payment on a ______________ for a house in an all white neighborhood.
mortgage
intellectual
matriarch
lucrative
Walter Lee, Mama and Beneatha are all ___________________ in the play “A Raisin in the Sun.”
antagonist
cite
protagonist
consequently
Walter is not happy unless he is _______________ his dream.
pursuing
mortgage
acquire
lucrative
Mama is not willing to invest the insurance money in a business _______________.
merely
mortgage
venture
counsel
In the 1950's, minorities had to deal with _________ in their jobs, education, and housing.
inquiry
cite
segregation
Walter's boss called to _________ about where Walter has been for three days
inquiry
bias
merely
consequently
Chicago is a city that still struggles with racial __________.
integration
segregation
bias
cite
