Question: Beneatha - Biblical Allusion (G)

Answer: Beneatha says George Murchison,

“I wouldn’t marry him if he was Adam and I was Eve!” She wouldn’t marry him, even if he was the last man on Earth.

Question: Asagai - Historical Allusion

Answer: Asagai says he wants to sweep the maiden (Beneatha) back across the middle passage. This alludes to the slaves brought here from Africa. It means that Asagai is proposing to Beneatha

Question: Beneatha - Biblical (W)

Answer: Beneatha tells Walter Lee he is a prophet leading them out of the wilderness. Alludes to Moses, who led his people out of the wilderness to the Promised Land. It means that Beneatha has no faith in Walter Lee’s Leadership

Question: Lena - Historical

Answer: Lena says she saw a cockroach like Napoleon. This alludes to Napoleon Bonaparte, the French emperor who tried to take over Europe. This means that the cockroaches are practically taking over the apartment

Question: Beneatha - literary

Answer: Beneatha says that all anyone seems to know about Africa is Tarzan. This means that African Americans are ignorant about Africa

Question: George - Literary

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Question: Mrs. Johnson - historical

Answer: Mrs. Johnson says white folks in Chicago are acting like the ones in Mississippi. This alludes to Emmett Till. It means that the white people in Chicago are being violent towards African Americans

Question: Beneatha - historical

Answer: Beneatha alludes to the KKK when Ms. Johnson is racist towards their own kind. She means that black people have to face discrimination everywhere, even in their own community.