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A 1975 novel set in this country titled for a “cockfight” was the first written in one of its languages and is by the mononymous Frankétienne (“fron-kay-tee-EN”). In a play, this country’s king appoints the dukes (10[1])of Lemonade and Marmalade and is haunted by the ghost of a murdered bishop. In a novel set in this country, which embodies “the marvelous real,” a one-armed revolutionary transforms into a succession (10[1])of animals. (10[1])In a 1994 novel, a girl from this country named Sophie (10[1])is kicked out of her Brooklyn house (10[1])when she fails her mother’s virginity test. This country (-5[1])is the setting of Alejo Carpentier’s The Kingdom of This World and the birthplace (10[1])of an author who (10[1])wrote (10[1])Krik? Krak! and Breath, Eyes, Memory. For 10 points, name this birth country of Edwidge Danticat (“don-tee-KAH”), who grew up speaking its French-derived Creole. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Haiti [or Republic of Haiti; or République d’Haïti; or Repiblik d Ayiti] (The play is The Tragedy of King Christophe by Aimé Césaire.)
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California2025-02-01Y367%0%33%79.00
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%100%139.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y683%0%33%73.60
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%100.20
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%100%138.50
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UK2025-02-01Y10100%0%10%95.40

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