A Raisin in the Sun - Beneatha

What career does Beneatha strive to achieve?

• Police Woman

• Doctor

• Veterinarian

• Youtuber

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Why does Mama slap Beneatha?

• Mama wanted to practice her MMA fighting skills

• Beneatha stole her check

• Beneatha slapped Walter

• Beneatha goes against Mama's faith

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Where is Joseph Asagai from? How does this make him good for Beneatha?

• Uganda, He can help her become a doctor.

• Nigeria, He is a Nigerian Prince with lots of money.

• Wakanda, He is the Black Panther.

• Nigeria, He can teach her more about her roots.

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Beneatha wants to be a doctor because

• she believes she is God
• Its better than being a chauffeur
• to cure people
• to show that women can do things a man can do

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Asagai wants Beneatha to move to 

• Kenya
• Nigeria
• Chicago
• his apartment

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True or false:  Beneatha fits the stereotypical African-American female role of the time period.

• True
• False

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Why is Asagai's nickname for Beneatha appropriate?

• Because it signaled "One for Whom Bread is Not Enough"

• Because she wanted more out of life, she wanted to achieve more out of her surroundings

• Because she wanted to know more about Nigeria

• Because he loves her

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Why didn't Beneatha want to be a doctor anymore?

• She did not believe in medicine anymore and wanted to have a family.

• She used to think that fixing people's ailments was the best thing to do. She gives up on the human race and calls them "puny, small, and selfish." She sees no human battle worth fighting.

• She wanted to have a traditional family life and have a family in Nigeria.

• She used to think that fixing people's ailments was the best thing to do. She gives up on the human race and calls them "puny, small, and selfish." She thinks getting married and moving to Nigeria is better.

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What are "assimilationist Negroes"?

• Negroes who do not believe in God

• Negroes who have left Africa to go to America and become educated

• Negroes who give up their cultural heritage and take on the culture of a more dominant society

• Negroes who still live a tribal life in Nigeria

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How did Asagai define "idealists"?

• They are those who are also assimilationists.

• They are those who see the changes in life.

• They are the intellectuals.

• They are those who refuse to think.

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