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Packet K: Bonus 17

This person was reimagined as a monotheist facing religious persecution in a three-act play by Voltaire aiming to criticize organized religion. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character who, in an older play, makes unique arguments for the genders of nouns, including suggesting that Amynias is feminine since it is the plural of Amynia.
ANSWER: Socrates
[10m] Socrates was depicted in The Clouds by Aristophanes, who also depicted Cleon in this play after a slander trial over The Babylonians. In this play, Cleon loses a debate to a sausage seller for the confidence of the Demos.
ANSWER: The Knights [or Hippeîs]
[10e] In The Knights, Aristophanes uses one of these groups to voice his opinion that “the author-director of comedies is the hardest job of all.” In The Clouds, the clouds themselves are one of these groups who respond to the action of a Greek drama.
ANSWER: chorus
<JF, European Literature> | Packet K - UCF A, Notre Dame B, Durham A, Michigan State A, Swarthmore A, Cambridge B

HeardPPBE %M %H %
4515.33100%38%16%

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Conversion

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Columbia ARutgers B0101020ME
Columbia CColumbia B001010E
Johns Hopkins AMaryland A001010E
Maryland CJohns Hopkins B001010E
NYU ACatholic0101020ME
NYU BGeorgetown001010E
Rutgers AJohn Jay0101020ME

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
California (South)Main Site✓316.67100%33%33%
CanadaMain Site✓912.22100%22%0%
Great LakesMain Site✓415.00100%50%0%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓520.00100%60%40%
NortheastMain Site✓422.50100%50%75%
OverflowMain Site✓215.00100%50%0%
SoutheastMain Site✓613.33100%33%0%
UKMain Site✓514.00100%20%20%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓714.29100%43%0%