Question
In a John Marston play titled for a man with this name, a group of conspirators bind Piero and cut out his tongue before killing him. For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this name also shared by a merchant who agrees to give up a pound of his flesh if he is unable to pay back a loan.
ANSWER: Antonio [accept Antonio’s Revenge] (The other play is The Merchant of Venice.)
[10e] Hieronimo bites off his own tongue after he is arrested in a Thomas Kyd play set in Spain titled for this genre. The First Folio divided Shakespeare’s plays into history, comedy, and this genre.
ANSWER: tragedy [accept The Spanish Tragedy; accept revenge tragedy]
[10h] In this play long attributed to Cyril Tourneur but now believed to have been written by Thomas Middleton, the Duke’s tongue dissolves after he kisses a skull poisoned by Vindice.
ANSWER: The Revenger’s Tragedy
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 63% | 38% |
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| Cornell Earth | RIT | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Rochester B | Cornell Fire | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Rochester C | Columbia Ly-α | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |