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Mid Term Flashcards

1
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According to Addison gayle, what problem lies at the Harare of the black aesthetic?

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De-Americanization

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Why does Gayle think that de-Americanization is the heart of the black aesthetic?

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Because to be American, one needed to abandon their heritage. And that destroys dignity and the human spirit. “To be American is to be opposed to human kind.

To be American is to lose ones humanity

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What is the black aesthetic, according to Gayle?

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It is a corrective means of helping black people out of the polluted mainstream of Americanism and offering logical, reasoned arguments as to why he should not desire to join the ranks of a Norman Mailer

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What do the black arts movement and the black power movement relate to according to Neal?

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Afro-Americans desire for self determination and nationhood

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Are self determination and nationhood nationalistic?

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Yeee

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What does Neal say about ethics and aesthetics?

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The black arts movement believes that your ethics and your aesthetics are one

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According to Neal, what is the motive behind the black aesthetic?

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The destruction of the white aesthetic—the white way of looking at the world

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Why is a raisin in the sun important to the black arts movement?

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It’s the first okay to portray black characters and themes in a natural and realistic manner

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9
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Where does all of the action in a raisin in the sun take place?

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The Youngers Apartment

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What does Walter from a raisin in the sun read about on the front page of the newspaper as everyone gets up for breakfast (act 1 scene i)

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A bomb

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How much time passes between act 1 scene I and Act 1 scene ii (from a raisin in the sun)

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A day

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What does mama from a raisin in the sun think Africans need religious salvation from?

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Heathenism

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Who reveals Ruth’s pregnancy to Walter in a Raisin in the sun?

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Mama

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What piece of George’s clothing does Walter mock? (A raisin in the sun)

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His shoes

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During their argument, what does George call Walter as an insult? (A r in th sun)

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Prometheus

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Karl Linder from a raisin in the sun is from what organization?

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Clybourne Park Improvement Association

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In act 3 in a raisin in the sun, who shows up at the beginning to help the Youngers pack?

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Asagai

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18
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What are the dreams of the main characters in the play a raisin in the sun?

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Mama- live in a big house with a garden
Ruth- live in a bigger house to build a happy family
Beneatha- becomes a doctor and save black people from their lack of knowledge about African roots
Walter- become rich and take care of his family like the rich do

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What does mamas plant represent in the play a raisin in the sun? Why?

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Her dreams because she mentions how the plant has never seen the sunlight, but it still strives. Just like her dream of bing in a big house

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20
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What is mamas maiden name in the raisin in the sun?

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Eggleston

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21
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How much money does clybourne park improvement association offer the Youngers in a raisin in the sun?

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It is unspecified

22
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  1. Which of these characters was in the original version of the play, but later cut out, as she was professed irrelevant? In a raisin in the sun?
A

Mrs Johnson

23
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Why does mama reject Walters investment idea in a raisin in the sun?

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Because of her religious convictions

24
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What is Ruth in a raisin I. The sun?

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A cleaning woman

25
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Why does Travis in a raisin in the sun ask for 50 cents?

A

He needs it for school

26
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How much money does Walter five his son?

A

A dollar

27
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Who brings home the insurance check in a raisin in the sun?

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Travis

28
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What does asagai bring beneatha back from Africa?

A

A Nigerian robe and African music

29
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What art is a raisin in the sun inspired off of?

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Langston Hughes, “A dream deferred”

30
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What is one reason Walter Lee gives Linder for not taking the check in a raisin in the sun?

A

His father worked for the house brick by brick

31
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After visiting Eva in the nursing home, Nel arrives at which of the following realizations about herself (Sula)?

A

She is not innocent

32
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Who helped Eva after her husband left her?

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The neighbors

33
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What do both Hannah and Eva love (Sula)

A

Maleness

34
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What does Eva build (Sula)

A

Rambling house

35
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Who finds chicken littles body (Sula)?

A

Bargeman

36
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Who saves evas life (Sula)?

A

Old willy fields

37
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What does Sula do that makes the community feel that Sula is evil?

A

Puts Eva in a home

38
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What does Sula tell Nel about Eva?

A

She’s dangerous

39
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Without knowing it, Sula pursues sexual encounters out of attraction to which of the following?

A

Loneliness and sadness

40
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Who or what causes Ajax to abandon Sula?

A

Her new found domestic impulse

41
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What are some possible reasons for Eva’s decision to kill Plum? How was the act both one of sacrifice and selfishness? How do her actions address the ambiguous blessings of a mother’s strong love for her children?

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She loved plum and she couldn’t watch him slip further away into his heroine addiction.
Sacrifice- losing her son, the one she loved dearly
Selfishness, thought killing him was better for her. Not for him. Bc caring for him would be on her thus threatening her independence. She wanted him to fulfil her dreams

Love- cuts off leg to make sure family is fed and housed

Morrison- love is strong, it can either be good or bad; it’s not always good

42
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What is the significance of Hannah’s comment that she doesn’t like Sula although she loves her?

A

Hannah is Sulas mother
A mother will never not love her children
She’s obligated to love her, and with it brings heavy responsibility

43
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What does sulas return have in the effect of the bottom

A

Her evil unites them

They all have something in common— they hate Sula and can blame bad occurrences in her presence.

44
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How did the bottom get it’s name? (Sula)

A

The slave owner said it was the bottom of heaven

45
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What did the slave owner promise to the slave if he completed his chores (Sula)

A

Freedom and a parcel of land

46
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What did white peoples think about the bottom (Sula)

A

Eventually that is was attractive

47
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What little girl is introduced in the bottom and grows up in the bottom (Sula)

A

Sula

48
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What is the context of Sula?

A

After ww 1
Blacks were highly discriminated against so there was hope that after serving in ww 1, that they would gain some rights.
But they didn’t. As shown through Shadrack

49
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According to Neal, what is a main tenet of Black Power?

A

The necessity for black people to define the world in their own terms

50
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Basically, what is Neals main idea in his article?

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The black arts movement and place power are for black people to define the world in their own terms, separate from western ideas about the black mans expericense
The movement is ethical because it is from the viewpoint of the oppressed

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