Read the following excerpt from the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry:MAMA Ruth, give Mis' Johnson a piece of sweet potato pie and some milk.JOHNSON Oh honey, I can't stay hardly a minute—I just dropped in to see if there was anything I could do. (Accepting the food easily) I guess y'all seen the news what's all over the colored paper this week . . .Which assumption about Johnson is most likely true based on the stage direction?A.She has plenty of time to gossip.B.She is in a hurry to get home.C.She is optimistic about the news she is telling.D.She is surprised at Mama's generosity.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following excerpt from the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry:JOHNSON (This is a woman who decided long ago to be enthusiastic about EVERYTHING in life and she is inclined to wave her wrist vigorously at the height of her exclamatory comments.): Hello there, yourself! H'you this evening, Ruth?Which assumption about Johnson is most likely true based on the stage direction?A.She has a wrist tremor that acts up when she becomes stressed.B.She is an excitable person who is emotionally unstable.C.Her constant enthusiasm is a pretense that cannot be trusted.D.Her enthusiasm is used to mask her fear of public places.

In this excerpt from Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, read what takes place just after Walter has refused to take Lindner's money:MAMA. (Into action) Ain't it the truth! Look at all this here mess. Ruth, put Travis' good jacket on him . . . Walter Lee, fix your tie and tuck your shirt in, you look like somebody's hoodlum! Lord have mercy, where is my plant? (She flies to get it amid the general bustling of the family, who are deliberately trying to ignore the nobility of the past moment)Which statement most accurately describes the aesthetic impact of this excerpt?A.By showing Mama nurturing the plant, the author echoes her nurturing role from the beginning of the play, leaving the reader satisfied.B.By showing Mama giving orders to her family, the author reinforces how mean and cruel she is.C.By understating the family's reaction to Walter's refusal to take Lindner's money, the author leaves the reader feeling disappointed.D.By describing Walter Lee's refusal to take Lindner's money as noble, the author gives him the respect he lacks at the beginning of the play.

In this excerpt from Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun, read what takes place just after Walter has refused to take Lindner's money:MAMA. (Into action) Ain't it the truth! Look at all this here mess. Ruth, put Travis' good jacket on him . . . Walter Lee, fix your tie and tuck your shirt in, you look like somebody's hoodlum! Lord have mercy, where is my plant? (She flies to get it amid the general bustling of the family, who are deliberately trying to ignore the nobility of the past moment)Which statement most accurately describes the aesthetic impact of this excerpt?

Read the following excerpt from the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry:BENEATHA Yes—and I love to talk.GEORGE (Exasperated; rising) I know it and I don't mind it sometimes . . . I want you to cut it out, see—The moody stuff, I mean. . . . As for myself, I want a nice—(Groping)—simple (Thoughtfully)—sophisticated girl . . . not a poet — O.K.? (He starts to kiss her, she rebuffs him again and he jumps up)Which assumption about George is most likely true based on the stage direction?A.He is patient and thoughtful as he tries to tell Beneatha what he thinks of her poetry.B.He is more worried that Beneatha might be unsophisticated than about anything else.C.He has difficulty expressing his feelings and doesn't know how to say he loves Beneatha.D.He expects women to appear sophisticated but not to express sophisticated opinions.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

What is the hypothesis in this conditional statement?If Harper is serving an apple pie, then she is serving a dessert.