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A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
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Key Questions and Answers
What Does the Ending Mean?
Summary & Analysis
Act I, scene i
Act I, scene ii
Act II, scene i
Act II, scene ii
Act II, scene iii
Act III
Characters
Character List
Walter
Mama
Beneatha
Asagai
Ruth Younger
Main Ideas
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Antagonist
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Why does Mama want to own property?
Quotes
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Dreams
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Act I, scene i
Act I, scene ii
Act II, scene i
Act II, scene ii
Act II, scene iii
Act III
Quotes By Character
Mama
Asagai
Walter
Beneatha
Ruth
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Context
A Raisin in the Sun on the Brink of the 1960s
Hansberry, Langston Hughes, and the Harlem Renaissance
Movie Adaptations
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Context
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Act 1, scene i
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Act 2, scene i
Act 2, scene ii
Act 2, scene iii
Act 3
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Act 2, scene ii Quiz
Further Study
Act 2, scene ii Quiz
1
of 5
After returning from their date, what items do Beneatha and George see all over the apartment?
Clothes
Contract papers
Dirty plates
Boxes
2
of 5
When George tries to kiss Beneatha after their date, what does she want to do instead?
Talk about Africa
Go back out
Talk about Asagai
Eat dinner
3
of 5
Mrs. Johnson, the Younger's next door neighbor, visits and tells them about what?
A real estate scam
A bombing
A shooting
A political rally
4
of 5
Who does Mrs. Johnson quote to support her opinion that the Youngers are a "proud-acting bunch of colored folks?"
W.E.B. Du Bois
George Washington Carver
Booker T. Washington
Thomas Jefferson
5
of 5
Walter's boss calls and tells Ruth that Walter hasn't been to work in how many days?
7
10
5
3
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