A Raisin in the Sun Semester Exam Review

Question 1

Wants Beneatha to move to Africa

Accepted Answer

Joseph Asagai

Question 2

True or False: Beneatha and Walter are searching for their identities.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

True or False: Mr. Linder is very happy that the Youngers are moving into his neighborhood.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

Where does the play take place?

Accepted Answer

Chicago’s South Side

Question 5

Repetition of initial consonant sounds through a sequence of words (ie: nearly napping)

Accepted Answer

Alliteration

Question 6

True or False: Mama’s dream is to own a house.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 7

The moral/ lesson of the story.

Accepted Answer

Theme

Question 8

Died trying to provide for his family

Accepted Answer

Walter Sr.

Question 9

Walter said "Damn my eggs... damn all the eggs that ever was!" Why?

Accepted Answer

Walter wants to dream, and Ruth keeps pushing reality at him

Question 10

A rich and handsome guy that Beneatha dates

Accepted Answer

George Murchison

Question 11

Is pregnant

Accepted Answer

Ruth

Question 12

What does Lanston Hughes’ poem “Harlem” and the play A Raisin in the Sun have in common

Accepted Answer

They have the theme of African Americans exploring dreams.

Question 13

Walter Lee & Mama clash over

Accepted Answer

how to spend money

Question 14

Her dream is to own a home

Accepted Answer

Mama

Question 15

Wants to be a doctor

Accepted Answer

Beneatha

Question 16

Offers the Youngers money not to move

Accepted Answer

Mr. Lindner

Question 17

What does Mama say is “dangerous”?

Accepted Answer

When a man goes outside his own home to look for peace.

Question 18

At the end of Act One, Scene One, Ruth faints because she is:

Accepted Answer

pregnant

Question 19

Word choice specifically chosen for emphasis.

Accepted Answer

Diction

Question 20

The suggested meaning of a word, apart from the definition. The feelings associated w/ a word.

Accepted Answer

Connotation

Question 21

True or False: Mama doesn’t approve of selling liquor.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

True or False: The Youngers are so poor they share a bathroom with neighbors.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Who is the author of A Raisin in the Sun?

Accepted Answer

Lorraine Hansberry

Question 24

Is Walter Lee and Ruth’s son

Accepted Answer

Travis

Question 25

Walter says, “that ain’t no kind of job. That ain’t nothing at all.” What is Walter’s job?

Accepted Answer

He is a chauffeur.

Question 26

The type of evidence that deals with facts and statistics.

Accepted Answer

Empirical

Question 27

Wants to own his own business

Accepted Answer

Walter Lee

Question 28

Reference to history, myth, or literature

Accepted Answer

Allusion

Question 29

True or False: Mama wants Walter to tell Ruth to have the baby.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

True or False: Walter invested Beneatha’s money for school wisely

Accepted Answer

False

Question 31

True or False: Ruth is very excited about the house.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

The way a writer structures sentences and phrases

Accepted Answer

Syntax

Question 33

The way an author creates and depicts characters through description, dialogue, etc.

Accepted Answer

Characterization

Question 34

True or False: Walter Lee wants the money so that he could buy the Chicago Bulls.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

True or False: Mama slaps Beneatha for saying that God doesn’t exist.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 36

The family is receiving a check in the amount of:

Accepted Answer

$10,000

Question 37

What is Asagai’s present to Beneatha?

Accepted Answer

clothing from Nigeria

Question 38

1st person, 3rd person object, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient are examples of:

Accepted Answer

Point of View

Question 39

The direct and specific meaning of a word.

Accepted Answer

Denotation

Question 40

Runs off with Walter's money

Accepted Answer

Willy Harris

A Raisin in the Sun Semester Exam Review

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A Raisin in the Sun Semester Exam Review

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