Question

In a play by an author born in this country, the title schoolgirl falls pregnant at 14 and becomes a patient in a mental hospital, where she falls for Mark. A playwright from this country wrote that play, Sarita, and a play in which Cindy and Julia rehearse a presentation with the title Fefu. This (-5[1])country, the birthplace of María Irene Fornés, was also the birthplace of a playwright who wrote a play in which a lector reads a Leo Tolstoy (15[1])novel. That playwright born in this country depicted (*) Cheché, who shoots Juan Julián, in his play Anna in the (10[1])Tropics. Nilo Cruz (10[1])was born in this country, the home of an author who wrote of growing “neither nettles nor thorns” in the poem “I Cultivate a White Rose.” Versos sencillos was written by an author from, for 10 points, what country, home to the author of (10[1])“Guantanamera,” José Martí? (10[1]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Cuba [or Republic of Cuba; or República de Cuba]
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Matthew SiffYaleBard55-5
Jack RadoColumbia AColumbia C8115
Eshan PantNYU ANYU B10010
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Eddie FuhrerLehigh ALehigh B14710
Zoë KaperonisBardYale1500
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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%17%17%116.20
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%25%50%115.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%25%0%121.75
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2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%0%95.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%127.33