Question 1

How many bedrooms does the Younger's apartment have?

Accepted Answer

TWO

Answer

FOUR

Answer

ONE

Answer

THREE

Question 2

Which of Beneatha's actions does Walter criticize as unwomanly?

Accepted Answer

STUDYING MEDICINE

Answer

THE WAY SHE DRESSES

Answer

HAVING TWO BOYFRIENDS

Answer

SKIPPING BREAKFAST

Question 3

Beneatha claims that she is trying to express herself by recently teaching herself to do what?

Accepted Answer

PLAY GUITAR

Answer

DRIVE A CAR

Answer

PAINT

Answer

SPEAK FRENCH

Question 4

What does Walter read about on the front page of the newspaper as everyone gets up for breakfast?

Accepted Answer

A BOMB

Answer

A STRIKE

Answer

A PLANE CRASH

Answer

A FAMILY DEATH

Question 5

Who faints at the end of Act I, scene I?

Accepted Answer

RUTH

Answer

TRAVIS

Answer

MAMA

Answer

BENEATHA

Question 6

What is the setting of the play?

Accepted Answer

urban, mid 1900's

Answer

rural, before 1900

Answer

urban, 21st century

Answer

suburban, early 1900's

Question 7

Who is the head of this family?

Accepted Answer

Mama

Answer

Ruth

Answer

Walter

Answer

Beneatha

Question 8

Who is the youngest member of the family?

Accepted Answer

Travis

Answer

Walter

Answer

Beneatha

Answer

Ruth

Question 9

How much money is Mama receiving?

Accepted Answer

$10,000

Answer

$50,000

Answer

$1000

Answer

$5,000

Question 10

Why is she receiving this money?

Accepted Answer

her husband died

Answer

she won a contest

Answer

she made an investment

Answer

a loan is being repaid

Question 11

Which of these would not indicate the economic class of this family?

Accepted Answer

Beneatha wants to become a doctor.

Answer

Mama's adult children are still living with her.

Answer

Ruth didn't want to give her son fifty cents for money.

Answer

Even though Ruth is feeling ill, she still wants to go to work to earn money.

Question 12

Who are Willy and Bobo?

Accepted Answer

friends of Walter's

Answer

relatives

Answer

Walter's employers

Answer

neighbors

Question 13

Who is George Murchison?

Accepted Answer

Beneatha's boyfriend

Answer

Travis's friend

Answer

Ruth's boss

Answer

Walter and Beneatha's father

Question 14

How do Mama and Beneatha's feel about God?

Accepted Answer

Mama believes and Beneatha does not

Answer

neither of them believe

Answer

both of them are Christian

Answer

Mama no longer believes but Beneatha still does

Question 15

What happens to Ruth at the end of the scene?

Accepted Answer

she passes out

Answer

she cries

Answer

she calls in sick to work

Answer

she storms out

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