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RitS Act 1 and 2 Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What object is the most important to Mama?

a)

The money

b)

The plant

c)

The apartment

d)

The dining room table

2.
The furniture in the Younger apartment is described as
a)
colorful and sturdy
b)
worn and weary
c)
shiny and patterned
d)
new and comfortable
3.
What item does the Younger family have to share with multiple families?
a)
The kitchen
b)
A car
c)
A taxi
d)
The bathroom
4.
What does Travis ask his mom (Ruth) for in the morning as he's eating breakfast?
a)
50 cents
b)
A new coat
c)
A new bedroom
d)
1 dollar
5.
What job does Walter currently have?
a)
A chauffeur
b)
A waiter
c)
A car washer
d)
A banker
6.
What does Beneatha say/do that causes Mama to slap her?
a)
She yells at Mama.
b)
She says there is no God.
c)
She refuses to give Mama an answer.
d)
She slams her bedroom door.
7.
Why doesn't Beneatha want to marry George Murchison?
a)
She doesn't feel that way about him.
b)
She wants to be a doctor.
c)
The family is wealthy and snobby.
d)
All of the above.
8.

Based on the novel, which choice does not describe Walter Lee

a)

a. Ruth's defiant husband

b)

b. Travis’s loving father

c)

c. Mama's only son

d)

d. Beneatha’s youngest brother

9.

Which of the following was not Lorraine Hansberry’s purpose when writing A Raisin in the Sun?

a)

a. To provide a reflection of racial attitudes in the 1950’s

b)

b. To reveal the plight of all who have failed dreams

c)

c. To expose readers to values taught in a traditional family unit

d)

d. To destroy the idea of the American Dream

10.
Walter believes that Black women.....
a)
Encourage their husbands
b)
are the reason very few Black men succeed
c)
are the reason Black men succeed
d)
are the reason he hates his job
11.

What is the likeliest reason that Beneatha goes out with George?

a)

He knows how to party

b)

She is bored

c)

She loves to take advantage of people

d)

She plans to marry George

12.
What did Mama do with the money?
a)
Gave it ALL to Walter
b)
Gave some to Walter & bought a house
c)
Gave it all to Beneatha
d)
Took a trip to Europe
13.
Who is Karl Lindner, and what does he want?
a)
Walter's boss, he wants the Youngers to move
b)
Ruth's doctor, he wants Ruth to have her baby now
c)
Beneatha's boyfriend, he wants her to become a nurse
d)
A man from Clybourne Park, he wants the Youngers to not move there
14.
How does Walter react to Mr. Lindner?
a)
He angrily tells him to get out
b)
He tells Lindner that he'd take money to not move to Clybourne Park
c)
He threatens Lindner
d)
He calls the cops on Lindner
15.

At the beginning of Act 3 Scene 2, Ruth tells Beneatha what Walter and she did last night. What did they do?

a)

Go to a movie

b)

Go to a play

c)

Walk in the park

d)

Go to the Green Hat