Question
One essay claims that actors from this country never pretend that there is a fourth wall. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this country, which inspired a story where Frau Zingli spends so much time packing her clothes that she abandons her son. A play set in this country ends by declaring, “There must be happy endings, must, must, must!”
ANSWER: China [or People's Republic of China; or Zhōngguó; or Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó; accept“Alienation Effects in Chinese Acting”]
[10e] This playwright developed the concept of the “distancing effect” in the essay “Alienation Effects in Chinese Acting.” This German playwright also wrote The Good Person of Szechwan and The Threepenny Opera.
ANSWER: Bertolt Brecht [brekt]
[10m] A play by the Yuan [you-ahn] dynasty author Li Xingdao [lee shing-dow] inspired a story by Brecht titled for one of these things, set in Augsburg. Grusha and Natella fight for custody of Michael in a Brecht play titled for one of these things.
ANSWER: chalk circles [or Kreidekreis; accept The Caucasian Chalk Circle; accept Der kaukasische Kreidekreis; accept The Augsburg Chalk Circle; accept Der Augsburger Kreidekreis; prompt on circles]
<Literature - European Literature>
Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 80% | 20% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 26.67 | 100% | 100% | 67% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
Data
| Toronto Penguin World War | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Waterloo Bust | Waterloo Cali | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Ottawa | Toronto Pilk | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |