Question
In this play, a character uses the name “Stud” instead of “Bud,” allegedly proving that a supposed false confession was actually real. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this play. A doctor in this play who helps fix a flat tire is later tortured by Paulina, who accuses him of raping her while she was a political prisoner.
ANSWER: Death and the Maiden [or La muerte y la doncella]
[10e] The author of Death and the Maiden, Ariel Dorfman, criticized the forced confessions under a fascist regime in this country. The novel Distant Star, by native author Roberto Bolaño, is set during a 1973 coup in this country.
ANSWER: Republic of Chile
[10h] The Usher and the Functionary coerce the Young Man into falsely confessing that he was invited to a prison in this author’s play The Walls. The audience walks through various rooms in a house to watch a play by this author inspired by abuses of power during the Dirty War.
ANSWER: Griselda Gambaro (The play is Information for Foreigners.)
<Literature - World Literature - Drama>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
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| throw away your cards, rally in the streets | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UBC | Thompson et al. | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |