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A character in this play compares dealing with “rascals” in the city to removing the dirt from wool in a metaphor comparing its government to a ball of yarn. A character in this play (15[1])calls (15[1])on “garlic-tavern-keepers of bakeries” to prevent the intervention of a group of archers. A group of characters in this play vow to not“crouch down like the lioness (15[1])on the cheese grater.” A woman in this play keeps (15[1])leaving the stage to grab new items while with her husband, (*) Cinesias. This play ends with the appearance of the nude goddess Reconciliation. (-5[1])This play begins with Lampito, Calonice, and the title character swearing an oath around a jug of wine after a group of women capture the (10[1])Acropolis. For 10 points, the women of (10[1])Athens stage a “sex strike” to force (10[1])the end of (10[1])the Peloponnesian War in what play by Aristophanes? ■END■

ANSWER: Lysistrata
<Literature - European Literature>
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Teigue KellyPenn State AOhio3415
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateMichigan B3515
Eric GunterNorth CarolinaWUSTL6215
JD KrothIowa StateStanford7215
Biyang ZhangMichigan AIowa96-5
Roan DowlingIowaMichigan A12110
Elie AounCase WesternVassar12810
Leo TaoMichigan CPenn State B13510
Zhiheng LiuMichigan CVassar13810

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y683%50%0%78.40
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%25%50%115.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y2100%0%0%116.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y7100%57%14%83.86
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y1100%0%0%138.00
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%33%0%96.00