Question 1

In what city do the Youngers live?

Accepted Answer

Chicago

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New York City

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Los Angeles

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Harlem

Question 2

From whom are the Youngers awaiting a check?

Accepted Answer

an insurance company

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the government

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Walter's employer

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a distant relative

Question 3

What does Ruth find out when she goes to the doctor?

Accepted Answer

that she is pregnant

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that her fainting spells are nothing to worry about

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that she is overtired

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that she has asthma

Question 4

In what year was A Raisin in the Sun first performed?

Accepted Answer

1959

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1947

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1992

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1973

Question 5

Where does Travis sleep?

Accepted Answer

in the living room

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in his own room

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in his parents' bedroom

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in Beneatha's room

Question 6

Why does Ruth keep offering Walter food and beverages?

Accepted Answer

She wants to take care of him physically since she does not know what to offer him emotionally.

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He is hungry.

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He is too thin.

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He is too obsessed with starting a business and she wants to distract him.

Question 7

What does Beneatha want to be?

Accepted Answer

a doctor

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an actress

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a teacher

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A lawyer

Question 8

Walter and Beneatha are similar because:

Accepted Answer

They both want something significant out of life.

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They both want to be doctors.

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They both dream of owning a business.

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They both want to be rich.

Question 9

All of the following are considered the collective protagonist of the play except for which character?

Accepted Answer

Mr. Lindner

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Ruth

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Travis

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Walter

Question 10

What does Ruth consider when she finds out that she is pregnant?

Accepted Answer

having an abortion

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buying a maternity dress

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not moving with her family

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quitting her job

Question 11

Why do Ruth and Mama approve of George Murchison?

Accepted Answer

He is handsome and wealthy.

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He dresses well.

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He takes Beneatha to the theater.

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He is politically active.

Question 12

Why doesn’t Beneatha like George very much?

Accepted Answer

He's shallow.

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He accuses her of being an assimilationist.

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He is ugly.

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He's rich.

Question 13

What does Mama’s plant represent?

Accepted Answer

The family

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the apartment

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the house

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Her desire for an exotic trip

Question 14

Asagai upsets Beneatha by saying she is an assimilationist. What does this mean?

Accepted Answer

She is willing to change herself to be more like the dominant (white) culture.

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Her hair is straight.

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She is not a very pleasant person and she can be extremely stubborn.

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She is concerned about things that are not important.

Question 15

What does Walter’s employer call to say?

Accepted Answer

That Walter has not been to work in three days.

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That Walter must come in earlier.

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That Walter cannot have the vacation they discussed.

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That Walter is getting a raise.

Question 16

Where does Walter often go to escape the apartment?

Accepted Answer

to a bar

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to his mistress's house

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to the movies

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to work

Question 17

What does Mama buy with some of the insurance money?

Accepted Answer

a house

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a liquor store

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a church

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a mission

Question 18

Why does Mama give Walter the remaining money?

Accepted Answer

to have his own account

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to invest in a liquor store

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to pay for Travis's education

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to invest in the stock market

Question 19

All of the following were symbolic items in the play except which choice?

Accepted Answer

Ruth's iron

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the plant

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sunlight

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eggs and other food

Question 20

What is the possible symbolism of George's white shoes?

Accepted Answer

They symbolize a life of ease without manual labor.

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They symbolize the problems that creep into the Youngers' lives despite their best efforts to keep them out.

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They symbolize the ability of the family to flourish and grow freely.

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They symbolize efforts to care for the physical needs of people when their emotional needs cannot be met.

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They symbolize hope and optimism.

Question 21

What is the possible symbolism of Mama's plant and her hope for a garden?

Accepted Answer

They symbolize the ability of the family to flourish and grow freely.

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They symbolize efforts to care for the physical needs of people when their emotional needs cannot be met.

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They symbolize a life of ease without manual labor.

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They symbolize the problems that creep into the Youngers' lives despite their best efforts to keep them out.

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They symbolize hope and optimism.

Question 22

What is the possible symbolism of the window and sunlight?

Accepted Answer

They symbolize hope and optimism.

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They symbolize the problems that creep into the Youngers' lives despite their best efforts to keep them out.

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They symbolize a life of ease without manual labor.

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They symbolize the ability of the family to flourish and grow freely.

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They symbolize efforts to care for the physical needs of people when their emotional needs cannot be met.

Question 23

What is the possible symbolism of the rats and roaches?

Accepted Answer

They symbolize the problems that creep into the Youngers' lives despite their best efforts to keep them out.

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They symbolize efforts to care for the physical needs of people when their emotional needs cannot be met.

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They symbolize hope and optimism.

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They symbolize the ability of the family to flourish and grow freely.

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They symbolize a life of ease without manual labor.

Question 24

All of the following indicate the Youngers’ hope for the future except _______________.

Accepted Answer

Beneatha buying a riding habit

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the family buying Mama gardening tools

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Ruth and Walter going to the movies

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Ruth buying curtains

Question 25

What does Karl Lindner want the Youngers to do?

Accepted Answer

give up moving to Clybourne Park

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Invest in a liquor store

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Work in the community garden

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Join the Clybourne Park Improvement Association

Question 26

Why don’t the neighbors of Clybourne Park want the Youngers to move there?

Accepted Answer

they are African American

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They are not employed

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There is not enough room for new neighbors

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they are noisy

Question 27

What happens to the money that Walter invests in the liquor store?

Accepted Answer

Willy Harris runs off with it.

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Bobo runs off with it.

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It is used for the first month's rent on the store space.

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It is used to bribe members of the government.

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Mr. Lindner puts it in the bank for the Youngers.

Question 28

What do the Youngers give Mama on the day they are supposed to move?

Accepted Answer

gardening equipment

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a new coat

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new curtains

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a plant

Question 29

At what point does Mama say that Walter has finally achieved his “manhood”?

Accepted Answer

when he tells Mr. Lindner they will move to Clybourne Park despite his offer

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when he invests in the liquor store

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when he takes Ruth out to dinner

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when she finds out that Ruth is pregnant

Question 30

Near the end of the play, what does Asagai leave Beneatha to think about?

Accepted Answer

whether she wants to marry him and move to Africa

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her anatomy test

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whether she wants to be an assimilationist

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whether straightening her hair is mutilation

Question 31

One of the main themes from this play was:

Accepted Answer

the frustration caused by unrecognized dreams

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bad neighbors

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the evil nature of alcohol

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the importance of money

Question 32

Why did Lorraine Hansberry give her play the title A Raisin in the Sun?

Accepted Answer

it comes from a line of a Langston Hughes poem about deferred dreams

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nobody knows

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Her favorite short story by Mark Twain has the same title.

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It references assimilation

Question 33

Which of the following is UNTRUE of discriminatory housing practices?

Accepted Answer

The only happened in the South.

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White residents in the North often objected to African American families moving into white neighborhoods.

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African American families who "blockbusted" were often harassed and threatened.

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Lorraine Hansberry's family worked to end them.

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