Question
At the end of this play, one character calls the audience a “forest” of the title objects. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this one-act play whose titular object is sold to the Man from Hell for five dollars. This play’s events are instigated by a man who falls off of a roof above a playground.
ANSWER: The Man Who Turned Into A Stick
[10m] The Man Who Turned Into A Stick is by this author, whose science fiction novel Inter Ice Age 4 discusses the development of genetically engineered children.
ANSWER: Kōbō Abe [or Kimifusa Abe]
[10e] The death of the man who turns into a stick is witnessed by a character with this relation to him. Kenzaburō Ōe’s A Personal Matter was inspired by a person with this relation to him who was born with a disability.
ANSWER: his son [prompt on child]
<Jay Kim, World Literature>
Summary
| 2024 Penn Bowl CWRU | 11/02/2024 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Penn Bowl UNC | 10/26/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |