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Analyzing Word Choice and Theme in a Play Answers

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Which connotations are associated with the phrase "worked up”? Select three options.

A
concerned
B
apologetic
C
anxious
D
angry
E
exhausted
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Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun.BENEATHA (with a grand and bitter gesture): This, friends, is the Welcoming Committee!WALTER (dumfounded, looking at LINDNER): Is this what you came marching all the way over here to tell us?LINDNER: Well, now we've been having a fine conversation. I hope you'll hear me all the way through—WALTER (tightly): Go ahead, man.

A
“Welcoming Committee”
B
“marching”
C
“hear me”
D
“Go ahead”
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Read the two passages from A Raisin in the Sun.Passage 1:RUTH: Why don't you answer the door, man?WALTER (suddenly bounding across the floor to embrace her): 'Cause sometimes it hard to let the future begin! (Stooping down in her face.)I got wings! You got wings! All God's children got wings!He crosses to the door and throws it open. Standing there is a very slight little man in a not-too-prosperous business suit and with haunted frightened eyes and a hat pulled down tightly, brim up, around his forehead. . . . WALTER leans deep in the man's face, still in his jubilance.When I get to heaven gonna put on my wings, Gonna fly all over God's heaven . . . Passage 2:WALTER (turning madly, as though he is looking for WILLY in the very room): Willy! . . . Willy . . . don't do it . . . Please don't do it . . . Man, not with that money . . . Man, please, not with that money . . . Oh, God . . . Don't let it be true . . . (He is wandering around, crying out for WILLY and looking for him or perhaps for help from God.) Man . . . I trusted you . . . Man, I put my life in your hands . . . (He starts to crumple down on the floor as RUTH just covers her face in horror. MAMA opens the door and comes into the room, with BENEATHA behind her.) Man . . . (He starts to pound the floor with his fists, sobbing wildly.) THAT MONEY IS MADE OUT OF MY FATHER'S FLESH—

A
The first passage hints that Walter faces his fear, and the second passage indicates that he avoids it.
B
The first passage hints that Ruth cannot understand Walter, and the second passage confirms it.
C
Both passages show that Walter has an optimistic outlook on life.
D
Both passages show how extreme Walter's emotions can be.
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Which phrases from the passages best support the theme that racism can be subtle? Select three options.

A
“a common background”
B
“their own communities”
C
“some elements”
D
“all the energy of the dead”
E
“You had a caller”
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What is the definition of tone?

A
the main subject or issues that a text presents
B
the speaker’s attitude toward the topic or a character
C
a feeling or idea associated with a word in a text
D
the literal meaning or dictionary definition of a word
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Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun.BENEATHA (laughingly noticing what her mother is doing): Mama, what are you doing?MAMA: Fixing my plant so it won't get hurt none on the way . . .BENEATHA: Mama, you going to take that to the new house? MAMA: Un-huh—BENEATHA: That raggedy-looking old thing?MAMA (stopping and looking at her): It expresses ME!RUTH (with delight, to BENEATHA): So there, Miss Thing!

A
Beneatha would be showing anger instead of expressing her sadness about the plant.
B
Beneatha would be telling a hilarious joke instead of making a mildly humorous comment.
C
Beneatha would be telling the truth to her mother instead of sparing her feelings.
D
Beneatha would be harshly criticizing her mother instead of gently teasing her.
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What is the theme of a text?

A
the writer's selection of particular words and phrases to convey tone and meaning
B
the attitude of a work of literature or other text toward a certain subject or topic
C
the subject or area of concern on which a work of literature or other text focuses
D
the message a text conveys about a topic that could apply to other literature or to life
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Which connotations are associated with the word representative as it is used in this passage? Select two options.

A
official
B
exceptional
C
authoritative
D
legislative
E
manipulative
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Read the passage from A Raisin in the Sun.RUTH (looking up at her and smiling): . . . . Lord, that man—done changed so 'round here. You know—you know what we did last night? Me and Walter Lee?BENEATHA: What?RUTH (smiling to herself): We went to the movies. (Looking at BENEATHA to see if she understands.) We went to the movies. You know the last time me and Walter went to the movies together? BENEATHA: No.RUTH: Me neither. That's how long it been. (Smiling again.) But we went last night. The picture wasn't much good, but that didn't seem to matter. We went—and we held hands.BENEATHA: Oh, Lord! RUTH: We held hands—and you know what?BENEATHA: What?RUTH: When we come out of the show it was late and dark and all the stores and things was closed up . . . and it was kind of chilly and there wasn't many people on the streets . . . and we was still holding hands, me and Walter. BENEATHA: You're killing me.

A
The playwright has Ruth use flowery, extravagant language about an uneventful evening.
B
The playwright has Ruth brag about her marriage, which upsets and angers Beneatha.
C
The playwright has Ruth mention small differences that make Ruth feel closer to Walter.
D
The playwright has Ruth describe every detail of her evening to show how worried Ruth is.
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Read the two passages from A Raisin in the Sun.Passage 1:RUTH: You know what I'm going to do soon as I get in that new house?BENEATHA: What?RUTH: Honey—I'm going to run me a tub of water up to here . . . (With her fingers practically up to her nostrils.) And I’m going to get in it—and I am going to sit . . . and sit . . . and sit in that hot water and the first person who knocks to tell me to hurry up and come out—BENEATHA: Gets shot at sunrise.RUTH (laughing happily): You said it, sister! Passage 2:MAMA (eying the box, which is obviously a gift): What is that?WALTER (taking it from RUTH and putting it on the table in front of MAMA): Well—what you all think? Should we give it to her?RUTH: Oh—she was pretty good today.MAMA: I'll good you—She turns her eyes to the box again.BENEATHA: Open it, Mama She stands up, looks at it, turns and looks at all of them, and then presses her hands together and does not open the package.WALTER (sweetly): Open it, Mama. It's for you. (MAMA looks in his eyes. It is the first present in her life without its being Christmas. Slowly she opens her package and lifts out, one by one, a brand-new sparkling set of gardening tools. WALTER continues, prodding.) Ruth made up the note—read it . . .MAMA (picking up the card and adjusting her glasses): "To our own Mrs. Miniver—Love from Brother, Ruth, and Beneatha." Ain't that lovely . . .TRAVIS (tugging at his father's sleeve): Daddy, can I give her mine now?WALTER: All right, son. (TRAVIS flies to get his gift.)MAMA: Now I don't have to use my knives and forks no more . . .

A
The first passage hints that the family members misunderstand one another, and the second passage confirms it.
B
The first passage hints that the family members are easily distracted in conversations, and the second passage confirms it.
C
Both passages show that the family members enjoy celebrating life’s simple pleasures.
D
Both passages show that the family members are experiencing poverty but are generous with one another.

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