Take Home Exam (90 Points- 10 Points Each) A Raisin in the Sun: Answer each of the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. This is a final Directions: exam and must be written in your own words. 1. Identify the following characters by describing who they are and their function in the play: Walter Lee Younger, Lena Younger, Beneatha Younger, Ruth Younger, Joseph Asagai, George Murchison, Karl Lindner, Travis Younger, Bobo, and Willie. 2. Summarize the plot of in at least two paragraphs. A Raisin in the Sun 3. In Lorraine use of dialect within the dialogue helps us better A Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry’s understand the characters in the play. Choose one of characters in the play and discuss what is revealed about the character in terms of the dialect that they use. The characters in each have a dream. Choose any character and identify 4. A Raisin in the Sun what their dream is and how they plan to achieve it. Did they achieve their dream in the end? Why/Why not? 5. How does Lorraine A Raisin in the Sun draw attention to discrimination in the Hansberry’s housing market during the civil rights era? 6. How is the issue of discrimination in the housing market still relevant today? 7. What does plant represent or symbolizes? Lena’s 8. What is assimilation and how is it address in A Raisin in the Sun? 9. One of the themes we discussed in class was the importance and influence of money. What role does money play and how does it affect the following characters in the play: Walter, Beneatha, Lena, Ruth? OR Develop your own theme and discuss the role the theme plays in and how it A Raisin in the Sun affects the Younger Family.
A Raisin in the Sun: Take Home Exam (90 Points- 10 Points Each) Directions: Answer each of the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. This is a final exam and must be written in your own words. 1. Identify the following characters by describing who they are and their function in the play: Walter Lee Younger, Lena Younger, Beneatha Younger, Ruth Younger, Joseph Asagai, George Murchison, Karl Lindner, Travis Younger, Bobo, and Willie. 2. Summarize the plot of A Raisin in the Sun in at least two paragraphs. 3. In A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry’s use of dialect within the dialogue helps us better understand the characters in the play. Choose one of characters in the play and discuss what is revealed about the character in terms of the dialect that they use. 4. The characters in A Raisin in the Sun each have a dream. Choose any character and identify what their dream is and how they plan to achieve it. Did they achieve their dream in the end? Why/Why not? 5. How does Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun draw attention to discrimination in the housing market during the civil rights era? 6. How is the issue of discrimination in the housing market still relevant today? 7. What does Lena’s plant represent or symbolizes? 8. What is assimilation and how is it address in A Raisin in the Sun? 9. One of the themes we discussed in class was the importance and influence of money. What role does money play and how does it affect the following characters in the play: Walter, Beneatha, Lena, Ruth? OR Develop your own theme and discuss the role the theme plays in A Raisin in the Sun and how it affects the Younger Family.
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