Question

A character in this play quips that an iron pot lifted with a silver prong would like to imagine itself as a silver vase in response to a girl’s belief that she was saved by a white-mantled angel. A treasurer urges his old chess partner to join him on a journey to the Ganges in one of this play’s scenes set in a grove of palm trees. This play’s protagonist recalls hearing Reason say “and yet, God is!” after learning that his seven sons were burnt alive. This play ends with the cast sharing a silent embrace, and opens (10[1])with Daya retelling Recha’s rescue from a house fire by a knight later revealed to be her brother. In this play, an opal (10[1])and two identical replicas (10[2])are given to three sons in an allegory told to Saladin. (10[3])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[2])a Jewish merchant tells the “Ring Parable” (10[3])in what play about religious tolerance by Gotthold Lessing? ■END■ (10[4]0[2])

ANSWER: Nathan the Wise [or Nathan der Weise]
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2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y1894%0%0%138.53

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Karsten RynearsonYale AChicago A9810
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AChicago B12110
Tim MorrisonStanfordPenn12510
Mattias EhatammWaterlooColumbia B12510
Raymond WangCornell AChicago D13610
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AClaremont Colleges13610
Jim FanNorth Carolina AIndiana13610
Andrew WangIllinoisColumbia A13810
Halle FriedmanNYUDuke13910
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BVirginia13910
Nermeen RahmanChicago CBrown14610
Bryan UgazArizona StateCornell B14610
Eylon CaplanPurdueYale B14610
David BassJohns HopkinsHarvard1560
Guy IndoranteIowa StateKentucky15610
Joy AnHarvardJohns Hopkins1560
Todd MaslykMichiganNorth Carolina B15610
Chris SimsNorthwesternVanderbilt15610
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia TechWUSTL B15610