Question

This author requests to find his son a Greek tutor in the sixth of his seven epistolary “Satires.” This author adapted a tale from the Arabian Nights to describe a handsome man who falls ill after discovering his wife’s infidelity but recovers after seeing the queen make love to a dwarf. After encountering Merlin’s tomb inside a cave, one of this author’s characters recovers (10[1])an enchanted ring with the help of the sorceress Melissa. (-5[1])In one of the many (10[1])references to this author’s most famous work in Don Quixote, Sacripante is falsely cited as the winner of the helmet of Mambrino. (10[1])This author created a character who aids the ancestors of his patrons, the Este family, by recovering a flask full of wits (10[1])from the moon. (10[2]-5[1])Astolfo (10[3])flies a hippogriff (10[2]-5[1])in that epic (10[1])poem by this author, which is titled for a character whose love for Angelica (10[1])causes him to go insane. (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Italian Renaissance poet (-5[1])of Orlando Furioso. (10[3])■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: Ludovico Ariosto
<European Literature>
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2492%0%17%135.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerGeorgia Tech AYale A6310
Amogh KulkarniChicago BWUSTL A73-5
Justin ChenNYU AVanderbilt A7810
Matthew SiffYale BVirginia A10010
Matt JacksonChicago AStanford A12210
Clark SmithOhio State AMaryland A12510
Jim FanNorth Carolina AToronto A125-5
Mitch McCullarIllinois AMcGill A12510
Nathan ZhangCornell ABrown A12610
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AColumbia A12610
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BIowa State A12610
Ben DahlPurdue AJohns Hopkins A12910
Ricky LiMIT ATexas A129-5
Kevin ParkClaremont ARutgers A12910
Mazin OmerHarvard ANorthwestern A13210
Michael MaysImperial AMinnesota B14610
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AChicago B15110
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ACornell B15410
Ashish SubramanianDuke AFlorida A159-5
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BHouston A16210
Ani PerumallaPenn State ASouth Carolina A16210
Robert CondronChicago CIndiana A16210
Mateo Javier AcostaFlorida BColumbia B1630
Karan GurazadaTexas AMIT A1630
Neal JoshiWUSTL BPenn A16310
Raymond ChenToronto ANorth Carolina A16310
Forrest WeintraubColumbia BFlorida B1630
Lexi TermanRutgers BMichigan A16310
Leo LawFlorida ADuke A16310