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In a novel, four friends living in this country read the suicidal student Lola’s diary and are interrogated by the Captain. A poet from this country named Oskar Pastior inspired a novel originally titled for a “swinging breath” in which a closeted gay teen trades books such as Faust for supplies. This country, the primary setting of The Land of Green Plums, (10[1])is the birthplace (10[1])of a character who shovels coal after being deported to a Soviet labor camp, Leo Auberg. This country’s ethnic German minority is central to Herta Müller’s novel The Hunger Angel. (10[1]-5[1])An author born in this country wrote a play in which Jean (“zhawn”) claims that “humanism is dead!” after his skin turns green and Bérenger (“bay-ron-JAY”) watches (10[1])the other characters (10[1])turn (10[1])into the title animals. For 10 points, (-5[1])name this country, the birthplace of Eugene Ionesco. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Romania
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Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Liberty C (DII)6110
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