Question

In one speech, the protagonist of this play curses the night “with hue so black” and cries out “Alack! Alack! Alack!” (-5[1])Two characters in this play compare each other to “Shafalus” and “Procrus” before agreeing to meet at the grave of Ninus, which one of them calls “old Ninny’s tomb.” A character in this play is criticized (-5[1])for not being inside a lantern along with his dog and thornbush. After seeing a bloody mantle, a character in this play kills himself and says, “Now die, die, die, die, die.” In this play, two fingers are used to represent a hole in a wall, through which two Babylonian lovers whisper. The part of Moonshine in this play is performed by Robin Starveling, a member of the Rude Mechanicals (-5[1])alongside Nick Bottom. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this play performed within the final act of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. ■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: Pyramus and Thisbe [prompt on the play-within-a-play from A Midsummer Night’s Dream until read]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Maximilian Niebur (UG)Johns HopkinsNYU A20-5
Audrey Cho (DII)HaverfordJohn Jay56-5
Vishal Kanigcherla (UG)PennRowan126-5
William Groger (UG)Columbia BColumbia C12910
Moses KitakuleColumbia AVassar129-5
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayHaverford1460
Jacob Hardin-Bernhardt (DII)NYU AJohns Hopkins14610
John Shelly (DII)RowanPenn1460
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarColumbia A1460