Question

The main character of this play repeatedly claims to not be in the “same tribe” as a woman who calls him “salvageable.” In this play, 12 photos of the protagonist as a “well-dressed little man” are found in a suitcase (10[1])when George and Slick search his home for a revolver. Malcolm X may have taken the slogan “by any means necessary” from a character in this play who decries purity as “an idea for a yogi or a monk” and asks “do you suppose that it is possible to govern innocently?” In this play, a politician who bargains with the Regent’s son and the Pentagon party is shot by his secretary after being caught kissing the secretary’s wife, (10[1])Jessica. (10[1])In this play, the (-5[1])Illyrian communist “Raskolnikov” (10[1])is (10[1])tasked with killing (10[1])Hoederer. (10[3])For 10 points, what play about Hugo Barine by Jean-Paul Sartre names a “problem” (10[1])of immoral political (10[1])acts? (10[1]) (10[5]0[7])■END■

ANSWER: Dirty Hands [or Les Mains sales; accept problem of dirty hands]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2181%0%5%131.06

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eshan PantNYUWUSTL A3910
Will OrrYale BMaryland11710
Andrew ZengStanfordVanderbilt11810
Adrian WongOttawaMinnesota A122-5
Matt JacksonChicago ATexas12510
Richard NiuCornell ABerkeley A12610
Andrew SalijNorthwesternPurdue12910
Rosa XiaCornell BWUSTL B13010
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BToronto A13010
Mattias EhatammWaterlooToronto B13010
Nermeen RahmanChicago CColumbia A14410
Andrew WangIllinoisClaremont Colleges14710
Joel MilesMinnesota AOttawa14810
Yashwanth BajjiMichiganChicago D1490
Shiv SeshanChicago DMichigan1490
Tiffany ZhouFloridaKentucky1490
Aditya SharmaDukeHarvard1490
Joy AnHarvardDuke1490
Jim FanNorth Carolina AIowa State14910
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsRutgers14910
Henry CafaroChicago BMinnesota B14910
Fred GarveyTruman StatePenn1490
Andrew HannaPennTruman State1490
Bryan UgazArizona StateSouth Carolina14910
Arthur Delot-VilainYale AGeorgia Tech14910