A Raisin in the Sun Test
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- Q1In what city do the Youngers live?New York CityLos AngelesChicagoHarlem30s
- Q2From whom are the Youngers awaiting a check?Walter's employerthe governmenta distant relativean insurance company30s
- Q3What does Ruth find out when she goes to the doctor?that she is pregnantthat she is overtiredthat she has asthmathat her fainting spells are nothing to worry about30s
- Q4In what year was A Raisin in the Sun first performed?199219731947195930s
- Q5Where does Travis sleep?in his parents' bedroomin his own roomin the living roomin Beneatha's room30s
- Q6Why does Ruth keep offering Walter food and beverages?He is too obsessed with starting a business and she wants to distract him.He is hungry.She wants to take care of him physically since she does not know what to offer him emotionally.He is too thin.30s
- Q7What does Beneatha want to be?an actressA lawyera doctora teacher30s
- Q8Walter and Beneatha are similar because:They both want something significant out of life.They both want to be rich.They both want to be doctors.They both dream of owning a business.30s
- Q9All of the following are considered the collective protagonist of the play except for which character?WalterMr. LindnerTravisRuth30s
- Q10What does Ruth consider when she finds out that she is pregnant?buying a maternity dresshaving an abortionquitting her jobnot moving with her family30s
- Q11Why do Ruth and Mama approve of George Murchison?He is politically active.He dresses well.He is handsome and wealthy.He takes Beneatha to the theater.30s
- Q12Why doesn’t Beneatha like George very much?He is ugly.He's rich.He accuses her of being an assimilationist.He's shallow.30s
- Q13What does Mama’s plant represent?The familythe apartmentHer desire for an exotic tripthe house30s
- Q14Asagai upsets Beneatha by saying she is an assimilationist. What does this mean?She is not a very pleasant person and she can be extremely stubborn.She is concerned about things that are not important.She is willing to change herself to be more like the dominant (white) culture.Her hair is straight.30s
- Q15What does Walter’s employer call to say?That Walter has not been to work in three days.That Walter must come in earlier.That Walter is getting a raise.That Walter cannot have the vacation they discussed.30s