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A RAISIN IN THE SUN EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: What was Beneatha's family doing when George came in?

Answer:

Beneatha was in a Nigerian dress. Beneatha and Walter were dancing and singing Nigerian songs.They looked rather crazy, and Walter was quite drunk.

Question 2: Where did Ruth actually go instead of the doctor's office?

Answer:

She went to see a woman about having an abortion.

Question 3: What was Beneatha's attitude towards God?

Answer:

She said she did not accept the idea of God -- "there is only man and it is he who makes miracles."

Question 4: What did Ruth find out at the doctor's office?

Answer:

She was pregnant.

Question 5: What did Mama do with her money?

Answer:

She bought a home.

Question 6: Why did Mama call Walter a disgrace to his father's memory?

Answer:

He had become overly concerned with money and had lost his traditional family values, so much so that he didn't try to convince Ruth no to have an abortion.

Question 7: How did Ruth find out Walter hadn't been going to work?

Answer:

Walter's boss called.

Question 8: Who is Joseph Asagai?

Answer:

He is a school friend of Beneatha and an African intellectual.

Question 9: Why is Asagai's nickname appropriate?

Answer:

It means "One for Whom Bread - Food - Is not Enough." It is appropriate because he as well as Beneatha and Walter want more from life than just survival. They want a better quality of life.

Question 10: Why did Beneatha say she wouldn't marry George?

Answer:

She admitted that he was rich, but she thought he was shallow. She like him well enough to go out with him, but she didn't love him.

Question 11: What are "assimilationist Negroes"?

Answer:

"Someone who is willing to give up his own culture and submerge himself in the dominant, and in this case, oppressive culture." Question 12: "DAMN MY EGGS DAMN ALL THE EGGS THAT EVER WAS." Who said this?

Answer:

Walter

Question 13: Walter said,"Damn my eggs... damn all the eggs that ever was!" Why?

Answer:

He has been telling Ruth about his dream and Ruth is telling him to eat his eggs.

Question 14: Why did Walter ask Ruth what was wrong with her?

Answer:

She was kind-of crabby and tired-looking.

Question 15: Why was Mama getting a check for $10,000?

Answer:

It was money coming from her husband's life insurance policy.

Question 16: Why is Asagai's present to Beneatha appropriate?

Answer:

He gave her clothing from Nigeria. She literally gets wrapped up in her current fad. It also foreshadows her putting on a new life.

Question 17: What was Walter's reaction to Mama's purchase? Ruth's reaction?

Answer:

Walter was very disappointed. Ruth was elated.

Question 18: What happened to Ruth at the end of Act 1 Scene One?

Answer:

She fainted.

Question 19: Where had Walter been going instead of to work?

Answer:

He had been driving and walking and watching people.

Question 20: Who are Willy and Bobo?

Answer:

They are two "friends" of Walter who want him to go in partners with them in a liquor store.

Question 21: What did Mama say is "dangerous"?

Answer:

She says it is dangerous "when a man goes outside his home to look for peace."

Question 22: Who is Beneatha?

Answer:

She is Walter's sister who wants to become a doctor.

Question 23: Why was Ruth upset when Walter gave Travis the money?

Answer:

They didn't have money to spare. Also, Walter didn't back her up; he undermined her authority as a parent.