Question

The oppressive heat of the setting of this play is mentioned in a scene where a character angrily discards a fan with red and green flowers. While holding a lamb like a baby, a senile character in this play declares her intent (-5[1])to get married by the seashore. (10[1])A character in this play claims to be playing a joke when a photograph of a man is found hidden in her bed. This play’s second act concludes as a woman is beaten to death offstage for killing the baby she conceived out of wedlock. The male suitor Pepe el Romano (-5[1])never appears onstage in this play, (10[2])whose cast only has female characters. This play ends (-5[1])with the title character demanding silence after learning that Adela has hanged herself. For 10 points, the title matriarch oppresses her daughters in what play by Federico García Lorca? ■END■ (10[5]0[3])

ANSWER: The House of Bernarda Alba [or La Casa de Bernarda Alba]
<Harvard A, European Literature>
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Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%100.67
Florida2025-02-01Y250%0%50%143.00
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y450%0%50%90.00
North2025-02-01Y333%0%67%100.00
Overflow2025-02-01Y560%0%20%93.67
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%122.00
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%70.50
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%0%116.00
UK2025-02-01Y1080%0%30%121.25
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y850%0%25%98.25
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y20%0%50%0.00

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrei HuiCambridge BLSE41-5
Percy YuenCambridge DSheffield4710
Adsayan GaneshWarwick ACambridge A98-5
Kai MadgwickManchesterNYU C10410
Arya KarthikOxford AOxford C10410
Rahim DinaImperial ACambridge C113-5
Kevin FlanaganBristolWarwick B14310
Seraphina Charlotte FooCambridge AWarwick A14310
Albert NyangLSECambridge B14310
Louis CameronCambridge EOxford B1430
Elliot CosnettOxford BCambridge E1430
Michael WuSouthampton BDurham14310
Ian McDowellCambridge CImperial A1430
Zayyan MahmoodSouthampton AImperial B14310