Question

A character in this play lifts her hands and claims to have eight fingers while speaking with a boy who delivers her groceries. Another character in this play forces a girl to take the “solemn oath of a knight” as part of blackmailing her for stealing a bracelet. To refute (15[1])a character in this play, a woman repeatedly insists that there’s no keyhole on her door. (-5[1])In this play’s first scene, a girl with a lisp cuts her peer’s hair while another (-5[1])character rehearses lines from The (*) Merchant of Venice. After a girl in this play feigns a heart attack, a woman calls in her doctor fiancé Joe Cardin. After two women in this play lose a libel suit, (10[1])Karen Wright hears Martha Dobie shoot herself. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this play in which the schoolgirl Mary Tilford accuses two of her teachers of having a lesbian affair, written by Lillian Hellman. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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<Darren Petrosino, American Literature>
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Ben Russell JonesFour Neg Omelette10 Negs that Shook the Quiz4915
Daoud JacksonBroken Hearts3HK1MM65-5
Aidan TeeYes, ModeratorTabearnacle81-5
Omer KeskinBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustEdinburgh11810
Michael KohnFoucault's PenndulumScottish, Irish, Both or Neither125-5
Claire JonesScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherFoucault's Penndulum15110
Enoch Yuen3HK1MMBroken Hearts15210
Sam FooTabearnacleYes, Moderator1520

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