Question

In a speech in this play, a character describes how “to be a worldly success at anything…you have to wear blinders like a horse and only see straight in front of you.” A character in this play claims that he “felt as Horace Walpole did about England” while explaining his choice to leave The (15[1])Movement. In this play, death is described as a “fine (-5[1])long sleep” that “can’t come soon enough for” a former (*) anarchist, who is known as the“Foolosopher” (10[1])[fool-o-sopher]. (10[1])Rocky believes that a mattress has fallen in this play after Don Parritt (10[1])leaps off of a fire escape. (10[5])In this play, (10[3])“Hickey” Hickman (10[1])attempts to convince his patrons like Larry (10[1])Slade and Joe (10[1])Mott (10[1])to give up on their “pipe dreams.” (10[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Eugene O’Neill play set in Harry Hope’s saloon. ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: The Iceman Cometh
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Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y667%0%17%116.25
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%25%0%90.50
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y3100%0%0%99.33
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y5100%0%0%103.60
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%103.00

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Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN ABelmont8010
Kevin ParkClaremontGeorgia Tech A8110
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL A9410
Moses KitakuleColumbia BLehigh B10010
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateOhio10010
Teigue KellyPenn State APenn State B10010
Fred GarveyTruman StateWUSTL J10010
Ishan JoshiOttawaToronto Pilk10010
Roan DowlingIowaMichigan B10310
Yashwanth BajjiMichigan AMichigan C10310
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto cDNAToronto Penguin World War10310
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto SproutWaterloo Cali10510
Sam MacchiVassarIowa State11210
Jacob SimmonsSIUEWUSTL C11510
Jack RadoColumbia AGatherer11610
Lexi TermanRutgersPrinceton12310
Andre WongColumbia CBard12610
Eddie FuhrerLehigh ANYU A1370
Nat KuNYU BNYU C1370
Eli MendozaNYU CNYU B1370
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLVanderbilt B13710