Packet M: Tossup 6

After refusing to lend money to a character in this play to escape to America, Mrs. (10[1])Gabor (10[1])writes a letter trying to convince him that he isn’t a failure. The mother of one character (10[1])in this play (10[1])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 (-5[1])to think about death. The “Masked Man” (10[1])rescues a character (10[1])in this play before his friend’s headless ghost convinces him to follow him into the afterlife. A letter written by Melchior (-5[1])is used to blame him (10[1])for Moritz’ (10[1])suicide (10[2]-5[1])in this play, (10[1])which was (10[1]-5[1])adapted into a musical (10[1])by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik. For 10 points, Wendla and her classmates (10[1])struggle with their adolescent sexuality (10[2])in what (10[2])play by (10[1])Frank (-5[2])Wedekind? ■END■ (10[10]0[16])

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