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A Raisin in the Sun Quiz 1

  • 1. When did A Raisin in the Sun open on Broadway?
    •     1954
    •     1959
    •     1963
    •     1975

  • 2. Which of the following is NOT a drama written by Lorraine Hansberry?
    •     Les Negres
    •     The Drinking Gourd
    •     The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
    •     Les Blancs

  • 3. Lorraine Hansberry was the first African-American and the first woman to win:
    •     the Drama Circles Critics Award
    •     a Grammy
    •     a Tony Award
    •     the Drama Desk Award

  • 4. Which of the following plays were NOT being run on Broadway while A Raisin in the Sun was playing?
    •     Arthur Miller's The Crucible
    •     Archibald MacLeish's J. B.
    •     Eugene O' Neill's A Touch of the Poet
    •     Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth

  • 5. How much is the insurance check for?
    •     $8,000
    •     $10,000
    •     $11,000
    •     $15,000

  • 6. How many people live in the Younger apartment?
    •     3
    •     4
    •     5
    •     7

  • 7. Where does the play take place?
    •     Philadelphia
    •     Baltimore
    •     Chicago
    •     Detroit

  • 8. Walter is:
    •     a waiter
    •     a chauffeur
    •     a cook
    •     a garbage man

  • 9. Walter wishes to invest the check in:
    •     a restaurant
    •     a dry cleaning business
    •     a construction company
    •     a liquor store

  • 10. Mama objects to Walter's investment idea because:
    •     her husband did not want the money invested
    •     of her religious convictions
    •     they have tried to invest in the business before and failed
    •     she does not want to spend the money but rather put it in a savings account

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