A Raisin in the Sun Jeopardy

Honors English 8

A Raisin in the Sun Jeopardy

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Final Jeopardy

Who did this?

Well said

Grab Bag

Grab Bag II True or False

$100 Question from Who Did This

This character is happy when Mama tells the family she used some of the insurance money for a house.

$100 Answer from Who Did This

Who is Ruth?

$200 Question from Who Did This

This character denies the existence of God.

$200 Answer from Who Did This

Who is Beneatha?

$300 Question from Who Did This

This character disagrees with the idea of finding one's African heritage.

$300 Answer from Who Did This

Who is George Murchinson?

$400 Question from Who Did This

This character brings ominous news to the Younger household.

$400 Answer from Who Did This

Who is Mrs. Johnson?

$500 Question from Who Did This

This character is only able to make a responsible decision after she/he loses everything.

$500 Answer from Who Did This

Who is Walter?

$100 Question from Well Said"I was lookin' in the mirror and thinking about it...I'm thirty-five years old, I been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the living room--and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live"

$100 Answer from Well Said

Who is Walter?

$200 Question from Well SaidWhich character said the following quote: "No--there's something come down between me and them that don't let us understand each other and I don't know what it is. One done almost lost his mind thinking 'bout money all the time..."

$200 Answer from Well Said

Who is Mama?

$300 Question from Well Said

These characters are involved in the conversation below: (1) "Were you born with it like that?" (2) "No...of course not." (1) "How then?"

$300 Answer from Well Said

Who are Asagai and Beneatha?

$400 Question from Well Said

This character says the following quote: "I guess maybe I better go on and do what I started...I guess I just didn't realize how bad things was with us..."

$400 Answer from Well Said

Who is Ruth?

$500 Question from Well SaidThis character said the following quote: "And at the moment the overwhelming majority of our people out there feel that people get along better, take more of a common interest in the life of the community, when they share a common background."

$500 Answer from Well Said

Who is Mr. Lindner?

$100 Question from Grab Bag

This act one word is defined as: the process of a minority group being absorbed into the majority culture.

$100 Answer from Grab Bag

What is assimilationism?

$200 Question from Grab Bag

These are the two days of the week on which the play’s action occurs

$200 Answer from Grab Bag

What are Friday and Saturday?

$300 Question from Grab Bag

This feature of the apartment symbolizes hope

$300 Answer from Grab Bag

What is the window?

$400 Question from Grab Bag

This is the time period of the play

$400 Answer from Grab Bag

What is the early 1950s?

$500 Question from Grab Bag

This is the reason Beneatha would not marry George

$500 Answer from Grab Bag

What is his shallowness?

$100 Question from Grab Bag II

Name the five major characters of the play

$100 Answer from Grab Bag II

Who are Mama (Lena) Younger, Walter Lee Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger, and Travis Younger

$200 Question from Grab Bag

The Younger family is a poor family living on the poor side of this city called what?

$200 Answer from Grab Bag II

What is Chicago/the Southside?

$300 Question from Grab Bag II

The presence of this person changes Walter's mind about Lindner's offer.

$300 Answer from Grab Bag II

Who is Travis?

$400 Question from Grab Bag II

The title of the play comes from a line in a poem written by which famous poet?

$400 Answer from Grab Bag II

Who is Langston Hughes?

$500 Question from Grab Bag II

Beneatha is so upset that Walter gave away her portion of the money that she contemplates making this life decision.

$500 Answer from Grab Bag II

What is giving up on being a doctor?

$100 Question from True or False

Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to wish them good luck.

$100 Answer from True or FalseWhat is false? Mrs. Johnson stops by the Younger's apartment to scare them about recent bombings against black families in local neighborhoods.

$200 Question from True or FalseWhen Mama tells Walter she used some of the money for a house Walter accuses her of butchering his dreams.

$200 Answer from True or False

What is true?

$300 Question from True or False

Mama's plant symbolizes her love of gardening.

$300 Answer from True or FalseWhat is false? Mama's plant symbolizes her dream of owning a house with a garden. Mama's plant also symbolizes her children and how they have grown up despite their poor living conditions.

$400 Question from True or FalseAlaiyo, Asagai's nickname for Beneatha, means "One for whom books are not

enough"

$400 Answer from True or False

What is false? Alaiyo means "One for whom bread is not enough"

$500 Question from True or False

The Youngers decide to take Lindner up on his offer and use the money to buy a house in a different neighborhood.

$500 Answer from True or False

What is false? The Younger family rebuffs Lindner's offer and move into Clybourne Park anyway.

Final Jeopardy

The country that Mama thought Joseph Asagai

came from

Final Jeopardy Answer

What is Liberia?