Question

It’s not the Trojan War, but the names of characters are repeated in the script with no dialogue in a play set during this conflict in which a talking dog named Odd-See accompanies Hero. (15[1])A general (15[1])returning (15[1])from this conflict shouts out “She's guilty not medicine!” (15[1])before dying of (15[1])poison. (15[1]-5[1])Zoe poisons herself to escape M'Closky in a play that premiered two years prior to this conflict, written by Dion (*) Boucicault. (10[1]-5[1])Christine and Adam (-5[1])Brant murder a general who returns from this war named Ezra (10[1])Mannon in Eugene O'Neill's trilogy Mourning Becomes Electra. Asa Trenchard (-5[1])is the protagonist of Tom Taylor's play Our American Cousin, (10[2])which was (10[1])put on (10[2])at (10[1])Ford's (10[1])Theatre (10[1])during this (10[1])war. (10[7])For 10 points, (10[1])name this war, the subject of some plays (10[1])centering on the assassination of Abraham (10[1])Lincoln. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: American Civil War [or United States Civil War] (the play in the first line is Suzan-Lori Parks’ Father Comes Home From the Wars.)
<Noah Sheidlower, American Literature>
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Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%33%0%82.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%29%14%86.29
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%50%87.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%115.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%20%101.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%0%93.25
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
William GrogerCOlumbia Bjhu3315
John John GrogerColumbia ACornell B3515
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto WearyToronto Joy3615
Eli IssoksonBrandeisBrown4615
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley ABerkeley B4915
Ben Russell JonesFour Neg OmeletteBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust5015
Ivan StanisavljevicDuke AUSC A50-5
Raymond WangCornell AUMD A7110
James CarrigyEdinburgh3HK1MM71-5
AnuttamBerkeley CStanford74-5
Cindy GaoHarvardMIT8510
Jerry VinokurovJohn Jay ANYU95-5
Aiden DartleyRutgersSwarthmore10510
Michael KohnFoucault's PenndulumOld London Town10510
Henry AtkinsLibrary of Babel School of Continuing StudiesWaterloo Hatsune10710
Claire JonesScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherYes, Moderator10910
Jim FanUNC BUNC A10910
Sam FooTabearnacle10 Negs that Shook the Quiz11010
Patrick TorreUMD BRIT11110
Zac BennettOklahoma ATexas C11210
Biniam AlaroFlorida ANorth Florida11410
Ishan JoshiMixed-Affiliated Contingency, Off the Team & Absent: Wong, AdrianToronto Rofl11510
Ian ChowLa Clique du ChateauWaterloo Miku11510
Tadeusz HoromanskiFSU BFSU A11510
Riley DanielTuftsBoston College11510
Danny PeelenPittJHU B11510
Jisoo YooTexas ATexas B11510
Anish KodaliUNC CUSC B11510
Letian LiRiceOklahoma B11810
MichalStanfordBerkeley C12610
Khushi UmarwadiaUSC ADuke A13210
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtNYUJohn Jay A13410
Michael Mays3HK1MMEdinburgh13410