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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the action of this play set?
(a) In a quiet house in a Chicago suburb
(b) In a boarding house in New York City
(c) In an apartment in a small town in Illinois
(d) In a small apartment in Chicago's Southside

2. Who are Mr. And Mrs. Arnold?
(a) Ruth's pharmacists
(b) Walter Lee's employers
(c) Mama's neighbors
(d) Mrs. Johnson's friends

3. George thinks a person should read books in order to:
(a) Further an interest
(b) Enjoy poetry
(c) Explore science
(d) Get a degree

4. Where does Travis sleep?
(a) In a bedroom off the hall
(b) In the curtained alcove
(c) In the living room
(d) On the fire escape

5. According to Walter Lee, money is:
(a) Evil
(b) Important
(c) Life
(d) Worthless

Short Answer Questions

1. What does he mean by that term?

2. Walter Lee and Ruth speak privately about what serious issue?

3. Ruth offers Walter Lee:

4. What does Travis go to do?

5. How does Mama react to Beneatha's statement that God no longer exists?

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