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Raisin in the Sun
Raisin in the Sun
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A quiz used to help students in English III prepare for a reading comprehension unit test.
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1
Who wrote the play, A Raisin in the Sun?
Henry David Thoreau
Maya Angelou
Lorraine Hansberry
Arthur Miller
2
This important public figure gave the “I Have a Dream” Speech.
Lorraine Hansberry
Martin Luther King, Jr.
JFK
Malcolm X
3
What does Asagai ask Beneatha to do?
Help him with his homework
Marry him and live with him in Chicago
Run away with him to Liberia
Marry him and return with him to Nigeria
4
What does Ruth tell Walter to do when he is complaining about his life?
Aw, jest shet up dawlin'
Eat your eggs
Think of your children, baby
Drink your milk
5
This man had Dignity and Divinity in the way he fought for his dignity after he nearly sold it.
John Proctor
Walter Youngers
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Willie Harris
6
President helped Civil Rights movement grow in the US Government, and was assassinated in 1963.
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon B Johnson
Nixon
JFK
7
Why are the Youngers getting a big check?
they won the lottery
Travis got hit by a car and they are blackmailing the driver
Mama's husband died & she is getting life insurance money
worker's compensation
8
This court decision ended legal segregation in Public Schools.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Roe v. Wade
Plessy v. Ferguson
Cranston v State of Virginia
9
Which theme was present in the play, Raisin in the Sun?
Family Life
Light V. Dark
Judgment
Racial Discrimination
10
Why does Mama keep a plant?
It is a medical herb
It was her mother's
She just does, and it has no relevance to the play.
She wishes she could grow a garden
11
These laws were in place in many parts of the South to force society to be segregated.
Lawless Licensers
Legal Tender
Jim Crow Laws
Shawshank Sayings
12
Asagai is from what African country?
Liberia
Togo
Nigeria
Zambia
13
What was the first play with an all black cast on Broadway?
Fiddler on the Roof
A Raisin in the Sun
Cats
Evita
14
When do Ruth and Mama deem that Walter has come into his manhood?
When he gives Travis money to ride the taxi
When he beats up the man who stole his money
When he decides to use Beneatha's college money on the store
After he tells Lidner that they will move into the new house
15
Walter discovers a more true version of the American Dream by the end of the play
No
ummmmm...
Maybe
Yes
