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A Raisin in the Sun/Harlem Renaissance Unit Test

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    Quote ID: “Where are we all going and why are we bothering?”
    Asagai
    What made Beneatha want to be a doctor?
    Rufus’ sledding accident and his healing following; she wanted to do that
    Why does Beneatha no longer want to be a doctor?
    Because she has stopped caring about how people hurt; she states, “it’s not deep enough…not close enough to what ails mankind. It was a child’s way of seeing things–or an idealist’s.”
    Quote ID: “…come into power and steal and plunder the same as before–only now they will be black and do in in the name of the new Independence…”
    Beneatha
    Quote ID: “And where does it end?”
    Beneatha
    Quote ID: “Don’t you see there isn’t any real progress, there is only one large circle that we march in, around and around..”
    Beneatha
    Quote ID: “It isn’t a circle–it is simply a long line–as in geometry.”
    Asagai
    Quote ID: “Those who see the changes–who dream, who see only the circle e call them the “realists.”
    Asagai
    Quote ID: “…where all dreams, good or bad, must depend on the death of a man?”
    Asagai
    Quote ID: “I guess we all better stop moping around and get some work done. All this unpacking and everything we got to do.”
    Mama
    Quote ID: “He’s taught me to keep my eye on what counts in this world.”
    Walter
    Quote ID: “You talking ’bout
    taking them people’s money to keep us from moving in
    that house?”
    Ruth
    Setting
    Chicago’s Southside
    Sometime between World War II and the present
    How old is Ruth?
    About 30
    Educator, author, and advisor who called for African Americans to avoid confrontation and instead thrive within their own communities
    Booker T. Washington
    Founder of the Niagara Movement and the NAACP
    W.E.B. DuBois
    Jamaican immigrant and founder of Universal Negro Improvement Association
    Marcus Garvey
    Lawyer whose mission was to demonstrate that “separate but equal” did not work
    Charles Houston
    The massive exodus of African Americans from the South to the North and West was called
    The Great Migration
    Which character from ARITS is most like Booker T. Washington?
    Mrs. Johnson- doesn’t want much change and kinda mama
    By the end of 19th century how many African Americans resided in the south?
    8 million
    When did the exodus known as, The Great Migration begin and what propelled this movement?
    In the 1890s, sparked by frequent lynchings (3 a week) and Jim Crow Laws
    In the “Memphis Free Speech” publication, Ida B. Wells calls for __________
    African Americans to flee Memphis
    Which influential leader(s) encouraged African Americans to remain in the South?
    Booker T. Washington
    Describe the Antebellum Black stereotype?
    -reliable, faithful, hard-working, malleable
    transitions to…
    -threatening, beastly, demonized
    Describe the demographics of the Harlem region through the early 1900s.
    1910: Upper class white
    1920s: Dominated by blacks; refugee for African Americans after WWI
    ______ becomes quintessential American music
    Jazz
    What happens to the African American population during the Great Depression?
    Era pushes blacks out of low-skill jobs; 50% are unemployed
    What was the purpose of the American Renaissance we previously studied?
    To create an American identity
    Who was the most memorable writer of the Harlem Renaissance?
    Langston Hughes
    Between what two major events did the Harlem Renaissance occur?
    Between WWI and WWII
    What is a secondary term dubbed for the Harlem Renaissance?
    The modernism period
    What allusion is made in the first stanza of Langston Hughes’ “I too”?
    Allusion to Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing”
    What metaphor is made in connection with the allusion in line 1 of “I too”?
    America is a family- I can darker brother
    How does “I too” end?
    The speaker remarks that “they,” being white people, will realize their wrongs and assume the necessary guilt
    What is the purpose of the dash in line 17 of “I Too” (“And be ashamed–“)
    Pause to realize shame of their oppressive actions (whites)
    How does the use of the word, “Besides” in “I Too” contribute to the author’s tone?
    The author’s choice of diction here demonstrates how the speaker believes that equality is a given, it’s inevitable- “I am inherently American”
    Describe the author’s tone in “I too”
    Confident, assertive, defiant
    In “Theme for English B” describe the stanzas that outline the assignment
    Rhyming couplets, neat, structured
    In “Theme for English B” describe the overall structure of Hugh’s response
    It is scattered and all over the place because it’s not that simple/it’s not that black and white `
    In “Theme for English B” describe the content of the first portion
    intermittent, answers what the instructor asks then colon
    In “Theme for English B” what is meant by the lines, “So will my page be colored that I write? Being me, it will not be white.”
    Speaker is saying will what I write be influenced by my race
    In “Theme for English B” what is significant about the last stanzas?
    All have end rhyme except for the word, “white”
    In “Theme for English B” list a statement Hughes makes in the last stanzas?
    The speaker makes the statement that, “although I’m just like everyone else all of our experiences are intrinsically different”
    In “Theme for English B” why is the instructor only “somewhat” more free?
    Instructor is somewhat more free, but he is trapped by racial segregation just like everyone else.
    Which ARITS character is most like W.E.B. DuBois?
    Beneatha
    Prominent elements in ARITS
    -generational gap
    -everyone has their own dreams
    Describe the symbolism of the apartment in ARITS
    2 bedrooms, very small and cramped, worn down, once bright and full of opportunity is now dull, time has killed these bright ambitions, loses luster and purpose
    How has the apartment’s condition affected the family in ARITS?
    They have gotten stuck by life, they need to move on but can’t, now it’s all a sad reminder
    Describe the symbolism of the check in ARITS?
    Other manifestation of hope, their only other hope is a product of death, Walter Sr. is still a part of the family’s struggle/dream
    Correlations between ARITS and Langston Hughes
    Both establish African American identity
    Tone in “I too” is assertive
    Tone in “Theme for English B” is less assertive
    How have mama’s dreams changed from act 1 to act 2?
    Act 1
    -Better life for family
    -house
    -peace, no longer weary
    Act 2
    -house= LEGACY=overtime=benefit in investment
    How have Ruth’s dreams changed from act 1 to act 2?
    Act 1
    -Better life for family
    -peace, joy, no longer weary
    COINCIDES WITH MAMA’S
    Act 2
    -restoring relationships
    -for better life they need change
    How have Walter’s dreams changed from act 1 to act 2?
    Act 1
    -Liquor store= success, chance for a big break, independence, respect
    Act 2
    -respect
    -Liquor store
    -Wants someone to believe in him
    What does the liquor store symbolize to Walter?
    A quick way to get rich
    Symbolism of Beneatha’s relationships
    Beneatha is “stuck,” Asagai represents Africa/African heritage, George loves this triangle
    Who wrote “Heritage”?
    Countee Cullen
    Poetic devices in “Heritage”?
    rhyming couplets that are subtle due to enjambment
    In “Heritage” what part is the refrain?
    What is Africa to me
    In “Heritage” what kind of speaker narrates?
    persona/biography
    In “Heritage” what is the speaker attempting to do?
    Trying to fall asleep- in doing so he’s thinking about: “who am I?”
    In “Heritage” what keeps the speaker awake?
    Drums- he plugs his ears- my race/heritage=joy/pride and source of distress
    How does “Heritage” relate to ARITS?
    Relates to triangle conflict of Beneatha with George and Asagai (they must forget their pasts in order to move on)
    In “Heritage” who is “they”
    possibly: whites, Africans, heart and head (emotion and logic), black americans
    In “Heritage” what does the speaker relate Africa to?
    Africa is the book on the nightstand
    “Heritage”: “Juggernauts of flesh that pass..”
    Elephants
    These lines are an example of which poetic device?: “Both my thumbs, and keep them there,
    Great drums throbbing through the air.
    So I lie, whose fount of pride”
    inverted structure
    In Heritage, what questions conflict the speaker?
    What is past to me?
    We must grow again in order to thrive
    In Heritage, what is meant by the line “While its primal measures drip
    Through my body, crying, “Strip!
    Doff this new exuberance.
    Come and dance the Lover’s Dance!”
    Take off your dreams- go back to African dreams
    “Heathen gods are naught to me.” This line from Heritage sounds most like which other author we studied?
    Phyllis Wheatley
    Why does the speaker need a “black jesus” in Heritage?
    Because if Jesus were black he would “know my pain,” speaker can’t turn his cheek, Jesus didn’t feel pain to the extent that I had- he’s not there yet
    “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” is about?
    Heritage and legacy
    Sum up the statements made in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”?
    Euphrates- Mesopotamia- Garden of Eden- doesn’t start in Africa because we’re all the same/we all have the same beginnings (universal same)
    Significance of Mississippi river in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
    symbolizes American heritage- doesn’t talk about slavery until America- only talks about American slavery for a bit because it is such a small aspect of their history- we are more than slavery- our souls go beyond slavery
    Significance of New Orleans and Abe Lincoln in “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”
    New Orleans: heart of slave trade in US
    Abe outlaws slavery everywhere
    In a ARITS, what changes in Act 2: Scene 2
    Mama: less worried, more understanding, “ditch George”
    Ruth/Walter: Enjoying each other, Believes in Beneatha’s dream
    Describe Mrs. Johnson
    -accepts status quo
    -envious of Youngers
    -believes she’s smarter for not moving
    -judgemental
    Describe Linder
    -doesn’t want anything to change
    -NOT vehemently racist
    -“we live differently” I have nothing to do with the prejudice
    Who wrote “The White House”
    Claude McKay 1889-1948
    Where is a tone shift evident in “The White House”?
    After line 8- before you shut the door in my face- after I must search for wisdom
    Speaker in “The White House” is most like who from ARITS?
    Walter
    “The White House” the title could represent…
    white person or American society in general
    What shapes do Beneatha and Asagai disagree about/how and why does Beneatha change her mind?
    B= Circle
    A= line (changes her mind with “come with me to Africa)
    The title ARITS is a(n)…..?
    allusion to poem:
    Why end ARITS as that particular way?
    Brings it back to the line, doesn’t matter how it ends, they kept going, they broke the cycle
    The apartment equals________
    failure, poverty, stuck
    Describe mama’s feelings in last few moments of the play?
    She suppresses sadness that she’ll miss this place of safety
    Why does mama go back for the plant?
    Hopes and dreams can grow- continuation of story and legacy
    Why 30 years later does the author reference “Harlem”
    Because the social climate hasn’t changed
    Poetic devices in Harlem?
    rhetorical questions and similes
    What question and possible answers are given in “Harlem”?
    What happens when you put your dream (equality) off?
    -things going bad=does it expire or go bad?
    -does it become a burden
    -or does it destroy you

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