Raisin in the Sun Quotes

Who said this quote, “No… something has changed, You something new, boy. In my time we was worries about not being lynched and getting to the North if we could and how to stay alive and still have a pinch of dignity too…”

• Mama

• Ruth

• Beneatha

• Walter

What does this quote symbolize, “Well I always wanted me a garden like i used to see something at the back of the houses down home. This plant is close as I ever got to having one.”

• It symbolizes having money and having a good life

• It symbolizes hard times and never getting better

• It symbolizes having dreams and hopes to keep people from going

• It symbolizes how the African American community and all that they have gone through

What does this little conversation between Walter and Ruth show about their relationship

Ruth: No - I’m just sleepy as the devil. What kind of eggs you want?

Walter: Not scrambled. (Ruth starts to scramble eggs).

• They are the happiest couple and love each other very much

• They get on each others nerves and like to get a rise out of the other person

• They hate each other so much that they are going to get a divorce

• They never fight and are always nice to each other

What does the quote show about Beneatha “It’s all a matter of ideas, and God is just one idea I don’t accept. It’s not important. I am just going out and be immoral or commit crimes because I don’t believe in God … It’s just I get tired of Him getting credit for all the things the human race has achieves through its own stubborn effort. There simply is no blasted God - there is only man and it is he who makes miracles!” choose the best answer.

• That Beneatha is annoyed that she is not being made queen of Australia.

• Beneatha is frustrated that Mama and Ruth keep associating God with stuff that everyone is doing and is frustrated that God keeps getting credit

• Beneatha is starting to become a heretic.

• Beneatha gets frustrated by religion.

Which answer best interprets the quote: “Oh -(very quietly) so now it’s life. Money is life. Once upon a time freedom used to be life - now it’s money. I guess the world really do change…”.

• Mama is comparing how freedom used to be life and how the world has changed so people needed money to survive.

• Mama is saying how people have forgotten to appreciate having freedom.

• Mama is regretting her life choices to not accept offers to make more money.

• Mama is saying how throughout generations in the African American community, they have stopped appreciating being free and instead are worrying about money.

If the theme is regaining hope, choose the best quote or conversation that fits the theme.

• Walter: “I want so many things that they are driving me kind of crazy… "

• Ruth: “when we moving?” Mama: “(Smiling at her) First of the month”. Ruth: “Praise God!”

• Travis: "This is the morning we supposed to bring the fifty cents to school. Ruth: Well, I ain’t got no fifty cents this morning"

• Beneatha: "Not crazy. Brother isn’t really crazy yet- he- he’s an elaborate neurotic."

Who said this quote? “ you got good children, Lena. They just a little off sometimes-- But they’re good.

• Walter

• Asagai

• Ruth

• Mrs. Johnson

Who said this quote? “I don’t flit! I--I experiment with different forms of expression--.”

• Beneatha

• Asagai

• Mama

• Ruth

Who said the quote? “Prometheus! I bet there ain’t even no such thing!I bet that simple-minded clown-”.

• Ruth

• Mama

• George

• Walter

Who said this quote? “What you tell the boy things like that or? (Reaching down into his pants with a rather important gesture)

• Walter

• Linder

• Travis

• Asagi