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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
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