Question
To see if a woman had left her taste on his lips, a man in this play who frequently calls others “‘sheartlikens” kisses his friend Fred on the mouth. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this play in which Hellena is told “there’s no Sinner like a young Saint” while at Carnival. In this play, Blunt is seduced by Lucetta, who drops him down a trap door and steals his valuables after he takes off his clothes.
ANSWER: The Rover
[10e] Aphra Behn’s The Rover exemplifies the “Restoration” period of this genre that flourished under Charles II. The Clouds is an ancient Greek example of this genre by Aristophanes.
ANSWER: comedy [or comedies; accept Restoration comedies or comedy of manners or anti-sentimental comedies or Greek comedies or Old Comedy; prompt on drama or theatre]
[10m] Interest in comedies of manners after the Restoration was revived in part due to a play by this author. Kate Hardcastle pretends to be a barmaid to woo Charles Marlow in a play by this author.
ANSWER: Oliver Goldsmith (The play is She Stoops to Conquer.)
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 13.33 | 89% | 44% | 0% |
Data
| Columbia A | Yale C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Bard A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn B | Haverford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn A | Princeton B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rowan A | Columbia C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rutgers A | Princeton A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Rutgers B | Yale A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell C | Vassar | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale B | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |