A Raisin In The Sun Flashcards
What is the place setting of the play?
A. Chicago - south side
B. Cleveland - east side
C. Cambridge - north side
A. Chicago - south side
Who is the protagonist of the play?
A. Langston Hughes
B. Ruth Younger
C. Walter Lee Younger
C. Walter Lee Younger
What is the genre of A Raisin In The Sun?
A. Comedy
B. Drama
C. Historic
B. Drama
What is the name of the younger’s 10 year old son?
A. Walter Lee
B. Willy Harris
C. Travis Younger
C. Travis Younger
What is the time setting of the play?
A. 1980-2000
B. 1840-1850
C. 1940-1950
C. 1940-1950
Who is the author of the play?
A. Lorraine Hansberry
B. Harper Lee
C. Mark Twain
A. Lorraine Hansberry
Who ran off with Walter’s money?
A. Lena Younger
B. Willy Harris
C. Walter Lee Younger
B. Willy Harris
Who is the author of the poem “A Dream Deferred”?
A. Lorraine Hansberry
B. Kathy Krumpelman
C. Langston Hughes
C. Langston Hughes
Who is the 30 year old wife and mother who is thinking about having an abortion because they do not have enough money for another child?
A. Lorraine Hansberry
B. Ruth Younger
B. Ruth Younger
What WAS! the theme in a work of literature?
A. The main idea of the piece
B. the struggle in the piece
C. The use of words that express the opposite of the meaning
A. The main idea of the piece
What is Beneatha’s “life as a circle” speech an example of?
A. Theme
B. Allusion
C. Symbolism
C. Symbolism
What is irony?
A. The use of words to express the opposite meaning
B. The main idea of the work
C. The struggle at the center of the work
A. The use of words to express the opposite meaning
What is it called when the family calls Mama Scarlet O’Hara?
A. Conflict
B. Irony
C. Allusion
C. Allusion
What WAS! Beneatha’s dream?
A. Become a doctor
B. Move to Africa
C. Own a house
A. Become a doctor
What are two conflicts present in “A Raisin the Sun”?
A. Man vs. self and man vs. nature
B. Man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society
C. Man vs. nature, man vs. society
B. Man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. society