Question

In this play’s final scene, an author who struggles with “cerebral accidents” recites a verse about a blanching orange tree. An artist in this play acknowledges her “blue devil” as a representation of her impulses. (20[1])A character in this play drinks poppy seed tea and is wrapped in a hammock after trying to “swim to China” in an attempt to kill (0[1])himself. (20[2])Judith (20[1])Fellowes leads a group (20[1])of Baptist (0[1])girls in this play who appear in its first act before the (*) “world’s oldest poet,” Nanno, is rolled onto a veranda. The artist Hannah Jelkes is pursued in this play (10[1])by a pastor-turned-tour guide (10[1]0[1])who stays at Maxine (10[1])Faulk’s Costa Verde (10[2])hotel (10[1])in (10[1])Mexico. (10[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])name this Tennessee Williams (0[1])play (10[2])that ends as T. Lawrence Shannon unties the title reptile. (10[3])■END■ (10[5]0[7])

ANSWER: The Night of the Iguana
<Ganon Evans, Literature - American - Drama&gt; ~25882~ &lt;Editor: Chandler West>
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2023 PACE NSC06/10/2023Y3181%16%0%106.20

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omkar MaratheWilliam FremdTroy3420
Sam AsplundWinnebagoNorthmont A600
Bryce CruiseHeightsNew Brighton6120
Arthur GaydenDetroit Country DayRichard Montgomery6120
Rohan KherBarrington AThomas Jefferson B6220
Charles HeydtMidtownMaggie Walker C6620
Elliott LeeThomas Jefferson ADetroit Catholic Central A680
Kyunghwan LimChattahoochee AThomas Jefferson D9810
Aditya ShivaswamySt. Mark'sMaggie Walker A1020
Rushil MurikinatiPlymouthMira Loma10210
Rohan NavaneethaSolonUniversity Lab10610
Braden BoothDallas CountyCanyon Crest10910
Krish ChintaInnovation Academy AWinston Churchill B10910
Kevin YangStevenson AParkway West11010
Jacob Hardin-BernhardtHunter ADunbar11110
Cindy GaoBelmontJohns Creek A11210
Kaiwen XiaoIrvington AHinsdale Central11410
Abigail LeeThomas Jefferson CBarrington B11510
Varun VenkatagiriInnovation Academy BElkhorn North1190
Brodie HenryWest PointStevenson B12010
Coby ThammavongRockford Auburn AWoodland12010
Camden WilliamsMexicoChattahoochee B13010
Ali HamzehKinkaidWinston Churchill A13010
Atharva UpadhyeWaukeeDetroit Catholic Central C13010
Dominic ApapDetroit Catholic Central BMoberly1310
Waverly O'MalleyCarl SandburgCarbondale13110
Adam WilliamsNorthmont AWinnebago13110
Aiden DombroskyHoover BNorris1310
Brielle RachRockford Auburn BHunter B1310
Nathan HaleyNorthmont BJohn Adams B1310
David BertolasiBelvidereLake Highland13110
Pete WasserNorrisHoover B1310
Ayan KohliHunter BRockford Auburn B1310
Jesse RabbittJohn Adams BNorthmont B1310
Will CarstensDetroit Catholic Central AThomas Jefferson A13110
Joy AnChoate Rosemary HallWalter Payton13110