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WorksheetsA Raisin in the Sun
Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 32mins
The play takes place in _____ during the _____.
Detroit, 1920s
Chicago, 1950s
Harlem, 1940s
Boston, 1960s
_____ is a symbol of the Younger family's poverty.
Sharing a communal bathroom
A single window for "two rooms"
Worn furniture
Beneatha's hair
Ruth and Travis's relationship is...
feigned.
loving.
strained.
non-existent.
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"You always telling me to see life like it is. Well - I laid in there on my back today...and I figured it out. Life just like it is. Who gets and who don't get."
Travis
Ruth
Walter
Beneatha
Mama
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"Oh, let him go on out and drink himself to death! He makes me sick to my stomach!"
Travis
Ruth
Walter
Beneatha
Mama
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"Yeah - I always wanted to live in a house."
Travis
Ruth
Walter
Beneatha
Mama
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"Wasn't it you who taught me to despise any man who would do that? Do what he's going to do?"
Travis
Ruth
Walter
Beneatha
Mama
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"I ain't meddling - I just noticed all last week he had cold cereal..."
Travis
Ruth
Walter
Beneatha
Mama
The sunlight in the new house best symbolizes:
Socially mobility
Dreams fulfilled
Revenge against white people
Mama's plant best symbolizes...
success.
hopelessness.
determination.
The $10,000 check best symbolizes...
the future.
greed.
love.
The darkness of the Youngers' apartment best symbolizes...
bitterness.
dreams deferred.
resignation
Who best exemplifies "assimilationism?"
Walter Younger
George Murchison
Joseph Asagai
Mama (Lena Younger)
Beneatha rejects George only because he is rich.
True
False
Beneatha pretends to be interested in her African heritage only because she wants to date Asagai.
True
False
George's view of education is that it should be used to improve humanity.
True
False
George dismisses Walter's "ideas" as quickly as he dismisses Ruth's offer to get him a beer.
True
False
When Walter says, "See - I'm trying to talk to you 'bout myself - and all you can say is eat them eggs and go to work," he means:
Ruth ignores his needs and dreams.
Ruth is concerned only about his keeping his job.
He doesn't like scrambled eggs.
Ruth has no idea about life outside of the household.
When Beneatha says, "I don't flit! I - I experiment with different forms of expression," she means:
Mama doesn't understand her.
She needs to find out who she really is.
She doesn't care how much anything costs.
She can't make a decision.
"Pretenses" means...
acting like a machine
futile; failing to achieve the desired result
false appearances or reasons
annoyed; irritated; fed up
"Stupor" means...
a daze; mental unawareness
acting like a machine
futile; failing to achieve the desired result
false appearances or reasons
"Vain" means...
futile; failing to achieve the desired result
false appearances or reasons
annoyed; irritated; fed up
a daze; mental unawareness
"Exasperated" means...
acting like a machine
futile; failing to achieve the desired result
false appearances or reasons
annoyed; irritated; fed up
"Mechanically" means...
a daze; mental unawareness
acting like a machine
futile; failing to achieve the desired result
false appearances or reasons
"Vindicated" means...
resistance
spread through; diffused
justified; proven right
harsh sounding; loud
"Defiance" means...
done secretly
resistance
spread through; diffused
justified; proven right
"Permeated" means...
harsh sounding; loud
done secretly
resistance
spread through; diffused
"Furtively" means...
justified; proven right
harsh sounding; loud
done secretly
resistance
"Raucous" means...
spread through; diffused
justified; proven right
harsh sounding; loud
done secretly
"Promenades" means...
odd; different from the norm
slowly walks in measured steps as if on display
to put under or plunge into water; figuratively, to hide or cover something
confused or surprised briefly
"Dumbfounded" means...
examining in detail
odd; different from the norm
confused or surprised briefly
slowly walks in measured steps as if on display
"Eccentric" means...
to put under or plunge into water; figuratively, to hide or cover something
confused or surprised briefly
examining in detail
odd; different from the norm
"Submerge" means...
slowly walks in measured steps as if on display
to put under or plunge into water; figuratively, to hide or cover something
confused or surprised briefly
examining in detail
"Scrutinizing" means...
examining in detail
odd; different from the norm
slowly walks in measured steps as if on display
to put under or plunge into water; figuratively, to hide or cover something
"Prometheus" means...
doubt; disbelief
to come out from
mythical figure who stole fire from the gods for humans
in a threatening way
"Resignation" means...
refuses
acceptance of the inevitable or unavoidable
doubt; disbelief
to come out from
"Emerge" means...
mythical figure who stole fire from the gods for humans
in a threatening way
refuses
to come out from
"Menacingly" means...
mythical figure who stole fire from the gods for humans
in a threatening way
refuses
acceptance of the inevitable or unavoidable
"Incredulity" means...
doubt; disbelief
to come out from
mythical figure who stole fire from the gods for humans
in a threatening way
"Rebuffs" means...
refuses
acceptance of the inevitable or unavoidable
doubt; disbelief
to come out from
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"I take it then - that you have decided to occupy..."
Asagai
George
Mrs. Johnson
Karl Lindner
Bobo
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"That when it is all over - that you come home with me - "
Asagai
George
Mrs. Johnson
Karl Lindner
Bobo
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"...Man - Willy didn't never show up."
Asagai
George
Mrs. Johnson
Karl Lindner
Bobo
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"It's simple. You read books - to learn facts - to get grades - to pass the course - to get a degree. That's all - it has nothing to do with thought."
Asagai
George
Mrs. Johnson
Karl Lindner
Bobo
Match the quote to the character who said it.
"Well - I always thinks like Booker T Washington said that time - 'Education has spoiled many a good plow hand' - "
Asagai
George
Mrs. Johnson
Karl Lindner
Bobo
Why does Mama tell Travis to stay in the room when Walter confronts Lindner in Act Three?
She wants Travis to understand that Walter was willing to take the money from Lindner in order to insure his family's financial security.
She wants Walter to see Travis, and then stand up to Lindner.
She wants Travis to see that Lindner is prejudiced.
She wants to hold Travis because he is upset.
When Mama says to Mr. Lindner, "I am afraid you don't understand. My son said we was going to move and there ain't nothing left for me to say," she means:
Mr. Lindner needs to offer more money.
She will not take the blame for Walter's behavior.
Walter is the head of the household.
Walter will fight against the white neighbors.
When Asagai says to Beneatha, "But did you earn it? Would you have had it at all if your father had not died," he means:
She shouldn't rely on money to pursue her dream.
She is greedy like Walter.
She would not become a doctor if her father were alive.
She should pay for her own education.
When George Murchison says, "As for myself, I want a nice-simple-sophisticated girl...not a poet O.K.," he means:
He doesn't want a girl who isn't as rich as he is.
He doesn't like poetry.
He doesn't want a girl who thinks too much.
He doesn't care who he marries.
When Mama says to Beneatha, "There is always something left to love," she means:
Forget the mistake Walter made.
They will find Willy Harris.
Walter's mistake is not too big to forgive.
The liquor store really was a good idea.
When Mama says to Beneatha, "...When you starts measuring somebody, measure him right, child, measure him right. Make sure you done taken into account what hills and valleys he come through before he got to wherever his is," she means:
Don't judge people unless you want to be judged.
To understand someone, know all he has been through.
Don't abandon someone when he is down.
Only a person's present actions should determine who he is.
When Walter decides to call Mr. Lindner after losing all the money, and Beneatha says to Mama, "He's no brother of mine," she means:
She despises Walter for ruining her chance to be a doctor.
She wants Mama to abandon Walter.
She can't forgive Walter for losing the money to pay for the house.
She believes Walter has given up and is going to sell out.
When Walter says, "That money was made out of my father's flesh..." he means:
His father should have taken out a bigger insurance policy.
He is losing more money that either of his two friends, Bobo and Willy.
The money is a result of his father working himself to death.
He hasn't lost much because the money wasn't really his.
When Walter tells Mama he is "going to feel fine" about calling Mr. Lindner to accept his offer, he means:
He is not afraid of white people
He can use the profit to start the liquor store.
Mr. Lindner gave him a fair offer.
He can accept the offer without hurting his pride.
Asagai believes that Beneatha should not dwell on Walter's mistake but should take action in her own life.
True
False
Asagai tells Beneatha that when the dreams of an entire family depend on the death of one man, it is a fitting tribute to the deceased.
True
False
George's reference to Prometheus is a mythological allusion.
True
False
At the end of the play, Beneatha realizes that it would be best for the family if she were to marry George Murchison.
True
False
Mama says that Walter "come into his manhood" when he calls Mr. Lindner to accept his offer on the house.
True
False
After Walter loses the money, Beneatha becomes pessimistic about life.
True
False
Walter believes you have to
have an education to succeed.
spend money to make money.
inherit a lot of money to succeed.
take advantage of every opportunity.
George says you read books to
get the grades, pass the course, and get a degree.
form an opinion about politics.
learn more so you can host better cocktail parties.
become a better person.
Beneatha chooses a career in medicine because she
wants to be rich.
wants to be a missionary doctor.
wants to cure people.
none of the above.
