Read the following excerpt from the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine
Hansberry:
BENEATHA Yes-and I love to talk.
GEORGE (Exasperated; rising) I know it and I don't mind it
sometimes... I want you to cut it out, see-The moody
stuff, I mean. ... As for myself, I want a nice-(Groping) -
simple (Thoughtfully)-sophisticated girl ... not a poet -
O.K.? (He starts to kiss her, she rebuffs him again and he
jumps up)
Which assumption about George is most likely true based on the stage
direction?
O
A. He is more worried that Beneatha might be unsophisticated than
about anything else,
O
B. He expects women to appear sophisticated but not to express
sophisticated opinions.
O
C. He is patient and thoughtful as he tries to tell Beneatha what he
thinks of her poetry.
O
D. He has difficulty expressing his feelings and doesn't know how to
say he loves Beneatha.