Question

The protagonist of a play set in this country haggles with a carpenter and his wife before a policeman catches their son with stolen baked goods. The “self-observation” of a scene where a fisherman’s wife paddles a boat is mentioned in an essay about this country’s traditions that took its key idea from Viktor Shklovsky. (-5[1])In a play set in this country, (10[1])a suicidal pilot impregnates the protagonist, who had earlier received a thousand silver dollars for being the only one to grant three travelers (10[1])a place to stay. (10[1])The absence of the fourth wall in this country’s (10[1]-5[1])theater (10[1])allows the audience to (-5[1])distance themselves (10[1]-5[1])from the actors, (10[1]-5[1])according to an essay (10[1]-5[1])that (10[1])coined (-5[1])the term (-5[2])“alienation (10[2])effect.” (10[1]-5[2])In a play set in this country, (10[1])a sex worker impersonates her male cousin to save her tobacco shop. (10[1])For 10 points, the play that inspired The Caucasian Chalk Circle was from (10[1])what (10[1])setting of Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Woman of Szechuan? (10[2])■END■ (10[6])

ANSWER: China [or Zhōngguó; or People’s Republic of China or PRC; or Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y24100%0%46%127.00

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Daniel SheinbergYale AFlorida A54-5
Tim MorrisonStanford ACornell A6110
Mitch McCullarIllinois APenn A8410
Justin HawkinsIndiana ATexas A8810
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech AMaryland A97-5
Matt JacksonChicago AOhio State A9710
Eve FleisigUC Berkeley ANorthwestern A9810
Qingyu ZhangFlorida BJohns Hopkins A102-5
Raymond ChenToronto ACornell B104-5
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech BYale B10410
Anson BernsBrown AWUSTL A107-5
Kevin ParkClaremont AIowa State A10710
Collin AceRutgers BColumbia B111-5
Jack ObermanSouth Carolina AMcGill A11110
Todd MaslykMichigan AHouston A11210
Joel MilesMinnesota AMIT A113-5
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BVanderbilt A115-5
Darren PetrosinoRutgers AWUSTL B115-5
Amogh KulkarniChicago BDuke A11610
Vincent DuNorth Carolina AChicago C11610
Quynh PhungPurdue AMinnesota B117-5
Justin ChenNYU AImperial A117-5
Ani PerumallaPenn State AVirginia A11710
Mazin OmerHarvard AColumbia A12410
Caleb KendrickMaryland AGeorgia Tech A13610
Tracy MirkinFlorida AYale A14910
Andrew HannaVanderbilt AUC Berkeley B15010
Ricky LiMIT AMinnesota A15910
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BRutgers A15910
Matthew LehmannWUSTL ABrown A16010
William GrogerColumbia BRutgers B16010
Rosa XiaCornell BToronto A16010
Vaishali SivaJohns Hopkins AFlorida B16010
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BPurdue A16010
Enoch YuenImperial ANYU A16010