Question
Macilente claims “I will not do as” this author did in the last line of Every Man out of His Humor, while the first lines of Volpone imitate the “acrostic arguments” attached to this author’s works. In an adaptation of this author, a kitchen maid is compared to a “globe” with France on her forehead, Spain on her breath, and Ireland’s bogs in her buttocks. A character inspired by one of this author’s characters is fended off by “Amazon” maids wielding distaffs, pokers, and brooms after Merrygreeke goads him into (*) attacking the widow Dame Custance’s house. One of this author’s title characters inspired the title man of Nicholas Udall’s play Ralph Roister Doister. An adaptation of one of this author’s plays is set in Ephesus and complicates the plot by adding two servants named Dromio. For 10 points, what author of Miles Gloriosus inspired The Comedy of Errors with his play Menaechmi? ■END■
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Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | TUH | Conv. % | Power % | Neg % | Average Buzz |
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2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 93% | 27% | 33% | 119.43 |