Question

A 1975 novel set in this country titled for a “cockfight” was the first written in one of its languages and is by the mononymous Frankétienne (“fron-kay-tee-EN”). In a play, this country’s king appoints the dukes (10[1])of Lemonade (10[1])and Marmalade and is haunted by the ghost of a murdered bishop. In a novel set in this country, which embodies “the marvelous real,” (10[1])a one-armed (-5[1])revolutionary (10[1]-5[1])transforms (10[1])into (10[1])a succession (10[1])of animals. (10[2]-5[2])In a 1994 novel, (10[1])a girl from this country (-5[1])named Sophie (10[1])is kicked out of her Brooklyn house (10[1])when she fails her mother’s virginity test. (10[1])This (10[1])country (10[1]-5[1])is the setting of Alejo Carpentier’s (-5[1])The Kingdom of This World (10[2]-5[1])and the birthplace (10[1]-5[1])of an (-5[1])author (-5[1])who (10[1])wrote (10[1])Krik? (-5[1])Krak! and Breath, Eyes, Memory. For 10 points, name this birth country of Edwidge Danticat (0[1])(“don-tee-KAH”), who grew up speaking its French-derived Creole. (10[1])■END■ (10[11]0[1])

ANSWER: Haiti [or Republic of Haiti; or République d’Haïti; or Repiblik d Ayiti] (The play is The Tragedy of King Christophe by Aimé Césaire.)
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Kevin ParkClaremont AUCLA63-5
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Michael HundingIllinois AIllinois C6410
Andrew ZengStanford BNotre Dame B6510
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Tiffany ZhouFlorida AUCF B78-5
Oscar DespardCambridge ACambridge C8010
Justin LeeImperial AManchester8710
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Rachel EzrielevGeorgetown ANotre Dame C9610
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Ved MuthusamyNorthwestern BNorthwestern A10710
Anne FjeldAlbertaUW A107-5
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Jisoo YooTexas AASU13910
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Josh HowarthWarwick BSouthampton A13910
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