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He’s not a king, but this character is the most common protagonist of shows performed with elaborate two- to five-foot-tall puppets in Sicilian opera dei pupi. This character titles a work in which the Indian warrior queen Marfisa swears not to remove her armor before defeating three kings in battle. A woman frees a castle full of knights from the wizard Atlantes in a work titled for this non-Tolkien character, whose love interest escapes the Orc and has a ring of invisibility. In a poem titled for this character, the Saracen knight Ruggiero (10[1])(“roo-JAIR-oh”) is often rescued (10[1])by a female knight with a magic lance, Bradamante. This knight’s wits are found (10[1])on the moon (10[1])after his love for (10[1])Angelica causes him to go insane. (10[1])For 10 points, name this paladin of Charlemagne who titles a set (10[1])of epic poems by Matteo Boiardo and Ludovico Ariosto. ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Orlando [or Roland; accept Orlando Furioso or Orlando Innamorato; reject “Rinaldo”]
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Connor Mayers (UG)Maryland A (Grad)GWU A (UG)9210
Ivvone Zhou (UG)UNC B (UG)UNC D (DII)9510
Joseph Chambers (DII)Virginia A (UG)Virginia C (UG)10910
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)Maryland C (DII)11210
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Liberty B (DII)11610
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)Virginia B (UG)12210
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)William & Mary A (UG)13410
Aidan Casdin (UG)JMU A (UG)UNC C (UG)1440
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