In a play, Don Lope declares that by doing this action, his honor will be “purified of the alloy basely dulling it.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Describe this action that Gutierre does through Ludovico in The Surgeon of His Honor. This action makes Juan Roca become the titular painter of dishonor in another play.
ANSWER: murdering their wife [accept killing or equivalents in place of “murder”; accept spouse or equivalents in place of “wife”; prompt on murder or synonyms; prompt on descriptions of arson or burning a house by asking “for what purpose is arson committed?”]
[10e] Pedro Calderón de la Barca, who wrote three notable wife-murder plays, was a playwright during this cultural period in Spain. Lope de Vega and Miguel Cervantes were other writers in this cultural period.
ANSWER: Spanish Golden Age [accept Siglo de Oro]
[10m] This title character of a play by Calderón has Don Alvaro killed in order to restore his family’s honor after Alvaro had assaulted his daughter Isabel. King Philip II later approves of this title character’s decision to have Alvaro killed.
ANSWER: Pedro Crespo [or Pedro Crespo; accept The Mayor of Zalamea]
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