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A prevalent theme in A Raisin in the Sun involves gender expectations and how characters are either fulfilling those expectations—or, perhaps more often, failing to meet those expectations. For instance, Mama suggests that Walter should be the same kind of “man” as his father (1583), and at the conclusion of the play Mama proudly describes him as entering “into his manhood” at long last (1619). Which of the following statements best describes the form of masculinity that Mama values?

In the final moments of A Raisin in the Sun, Mama explains how [__1__] has redeemed himself by rejecting [__2__]’s offer to purchase the house on behalf of the neighborhood association. She describes him as entering “into his manhood” at long last (1619).

  In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find,” what crime has the Misfit gone to prison for?  

In “Why I Live at the P.O.,” who has Stella-Rondo recently divorced?  

Upon whose eyes does Puck first apply the love potion?

  In “The Jewelry,” in what way does Mme. Lantin enjoy her jewelry collection?  

  In “The Things They Carried,” how does Kiowa explain seeing Ted Lavender get killed?  

Match each of the following scenarios by whether it is an example of internal conflict or external conflict

What is the rhyme scheme in the first stanza of “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”? My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips’ red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.

Read the first stanza of W. B. Yeats’s poem “The Second Coming” below. Then, choose the labels next to each of the corresponding lines to specify whether the line is enjambed or end-stopped.      Turning and turning in the widening gyre          [_1_]      The falcon cannot hear the falconer;                  [_2_]      Things fall apart; the center cannot hold;       Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, 5   The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere      The ceremony of innocence is drowned;           [_3_]      The best lack all conviction, while the worst    [_4_]      Are full of passionate intensity.