Question
In a Lucas Hnath play, this character becomes a successful novelist before returning to her husband’s home to ask him to sign divorce papers. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this main character of A Doll’s House. In that play, this wife of Torvald is blackmailed by his employee Krogstad.
ANSWER: Nora Helmer [prompt on Helmer]
[10m] This author wrote a sequel to A Doll’s House called What Happened After Nora Left Her Husband, or, Pillars of Society. This Austrian author and winner of the 2004 Nobel Prize also wrote The Piano Teacher.
ANSWER: Elfriede Jelinek (“YEH-lihn-ehk”)
[10h] This playwright, who described Manhattan socialites in The Women, wrote a one-act retelling of A Doll’s House called Slam the Door Softly.
ANSWER: Clare Boothe Luce [accept Ann Clare Boothe]
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Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UNC | 10/26/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Pittsburgh | Carnegie Mellon | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |