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Who is the author of A Raisin in the Sun, and when did it make its Broadway debut?
ATennessee Williams, 1955
BLorraine Hansberry, 1959✓
CAugust Wilson, 1965
DLangston Hughes, 1951
Rationale
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun premiered on Broadway on March 11, 1959, marking her as the first Black woman to have a play staged on Broadway. The title references Langston Hughes's poem "Harlem" (1951), which poses the question, "What happens to a dream deferred? / Does it dry up / like a raisin in the sun?"
At the start of the play, what does the Younger family intend to do with the $10,000 life insurance check?
ATo launch a business on the South Side of Chicago
BTo purchase a house in the Clybourne Park neighborhood✓
CTo send Beneatha to medical school in Africa
DTo settle debts owed to their landlord
Rationale
Lena (Mama) Younger plans to use part of the life insurance money for a down payment on a house in Clybourne Park, which is a predominantly white neighborhood in Chicago. This choice is a key element of the play's main conflict regarding race, family dynamics, and the pursuit of the American Dream.