After refusing to lend money to a character in this play to escape to America, Mrs. Gabor writes a letter trying to convince him that he isn’t a failure. The mother of one character in this play disapproves of a boy reading Faust because she believes that it should not be read before adulthood. After arguing over the length of her skirt, a girl in this play asks her mother if it is sinful to think about death. The “Masked Man” rescues a character in this play before his friend’s headless ghost convinces him to follow him into the afterlife. A letter written by Melchior is used to blame him for Moritz’ suicide in this play, which was adapted into a musical by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. For 10 points, Wendla and her classmates struggle with their adolescent sexuality in what play by Frank Wedekind? ■END■
| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James McCurley | Harvard A | Bowdoin A | 15 | 10 |
| David Zaslavsky | Brandeis A | Harvard B | 16 | 10 |
| William Orr | Yale | Brown | 112 | 10 |
| Christopher Bradley | Southern Connecticut State | Bowdoin B | 146 | 0 |
| Yrwin Batan | MIT | Brandeis B | 146 | 10 |