Question

Description acceptable. In a play, a man endears himself to this character by saying that while his birth father gave him his “corporal” aspect, what he holds from this character, his so-called “second father,” is “of the will.” As this character lists off the foods in his diet, a woman in the disguise of a ninety-year-old man keeps shouting “Ignoramus!” At the end of a play, a chorus chants “vivat, vivat, vivat” after this character switches outfits and begins to speak in (*) nonsense Latin. After this man feigns his own death, he gets “eulogized” as a wretch by his wife Béline. This character walks back on his threat to send his daughter to a convent, provided her lover Cléante becomes his doctor. (-5[1])For ten points, name this overly-health-conscious title character whose creator, Moliére, (-5[1])ironically died immediately after playing. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Argan [or The Imaginary Invalid; or The Hypochondriac; or The Would-Be Invalid; or Le Malade imaginaire; accept answers to the effect of the protagonist of The Imaginary Invalid; prompt on invalid]
<Darren Petrosino, European Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anish KodaliUNC CUNC B121-5
Khushi UmarwadiaUSC AUNC A132-5
Vincent DuUNC AUSC A13710
Jim FanUNC BUNC C13810
Ivan StanisavljevicDuke AUSC B13810

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y2100%0%0%124.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y771%0%29%120.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%50%100.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y367%0%33%135.00
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%0%20%123.20
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%25%126.50
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%67%137.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%133.50