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Medium Reading and Writing · Standard English Conventions · None · MCQ

The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream. The play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem, and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way that race and class were portrayed in American theater.

Which choice best corrects the punctuation error in the passage?

A
The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream. The play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem; and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way that race and class were portrayed in American theater.
B
The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream; the play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem, and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way that race and class were portrayed in American theater.
C
The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream. The play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem, and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential, but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way that race and class were portrayed in American theater.
D
The playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s 1959 play, A Raisin in the Sun, depicts the experiences of the Younger family, who have recently moved into a predominantly white neighborhood. The play is significant because it explored themes of race, class, and the American Dream. The play’s title is from a line in a Langston Hughes poem, and the idea of "a raisin in the sun" is a metaphor for something that has potential but is being stifled and suppressed. Hansberry’s play is considered to be a groundbreaking work that helped to change the way race and class were portrayed in American theater.

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