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ARITS_Act 1: Scene 2

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"But whether I go into business selling it to 'em is, and I don't want that on my _____ this late in life."

a)

ledger

b)

tentatively

2.

(She waits several seconds, trying to make up her mind about something, and looks at RUTH a little _______ before going on)

a)

ledger

b)

tentatively

3.

(Studying her mother-in-law _______ and concentrating on her ironing, anxious to encourage without seeming to)

a)

ledger

b)

tentatively

4.

(Mama and Ruth look at each other and burst into ______ laughter)

a)

ledger

b)

tentatively

5.

Brother isn't really crazy yet he he's an elaborate _____.

a)

neurotic

b)

dreary

c)

insecticide

d)

idle

6.

(She looks out of the window as she replaces the plant) Lord, ain't nothing as ____ as the view from this window on a ______ day, is there?

a)

neurotic

b)

dreary

c)

insecticide

d)

idle

7.

Beneatha, in dungarees, with a handkerchief tied around her face, is spraying _______ into the cracks in the walls.

a)

neurotic

b)

dreary

c)

insecticide

d)

idle

8.

Travis, the sole ______ one, is leaning on his arms, looking out of the window.

a)

neurotic

b)

dreary

c)

insecticide

d)

idle

9.

Travis (Safely behind the ______of Mama) That's right look out, now!

In this case, the body is viewed as a shield.

a)

bastion

b)

dejection

c)

quizzical

d)

incredulity

10.

Ruth comes in forlornly and pulls off her coat with _______.

a)

bastion

b)

dejection

c)

quizzical

d)

incredulity

11.

Beneatha (Turning to him, not laughing) Yes (Her face is ______, profoundly disturbed)

a)

bastion

b)

dejection

c)

quizzical

d)

incredulity

12.

Beneatha (With ________) You—you sent all the way home for me?

a)

bastion

b)

dejection

c)

quizzical

d)

incredulity

13.

Asagai: It's how you can be sure that the world's most ______women are not liberated at all.

a)

liberated

b)

evade

c)

haphazardly

d)

exasperation

14.

Beneatha: You're ______.

a)

liberated

b)

evading

c)

haphazardly

d)

exasperation

15.

She sets the headdress on _______ and then notices her hair again and clutches at it and then replaces the headdress and frowns at herself.

a)

liberated

b)

evading

c)

haphazardly

d)

exasperation

16.

Ruth (turns to her, with kind _______): You've gone and got yourself upset.

a)

liberated

b)

evading

c)

haphazardly

d)

exasperation

17.

Walter (sits down and grasps it close and counts off the zeros) Ten thousand dollars (He turns suddenly, _______to his mother and draws some papers out of his breast pocket) Mama, look.

a)

liberated

b)

evading

c)

haphazardly

d)

frantically