Question
A character who appears in this collection is re-imagined in a 1982 play in which Lady Nijo compares how they were treated by their husbands. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this collection in which The Clerk retells a version of the Patient Griselda story. A group of pilgrims have a storytelling competition in this Middle English collection by Geoffrey Chaucer.
ANSWER: The Canterbury Tales [or Tales of Caunterbury]
[10h] Patient Griselda, Lady Nijo, and other prominent historical women gather for a dinner party to celebrate Marlene’s promotion at the title employment agency in this Caryl Churchill play.
ANSWER: Top Girls
[10m] Churchill wrote about one of these beings pursuing Lily and Josie in The Skriker. In another play, a magical flower causes a queen of these beings to fall in love with one of the Rude Mechanicals.
ANSWER: fairies [or fairy or fay or fair folk; prompt on sprites or pixies] (The second sentence refers to Titania from A Midsummer Night’s Dream.)
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 22.22 | 100% | 89% | 33% |
Data
| Princeton A | Bard A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia A | Rutgers B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Princeton B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| NYU A | Columbia C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Haverford | Penn A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers A | NYU B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale A | Penn B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Yale B | Rowan A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Vassar | Yale C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |