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1. This Christopher Marlowe work was published in 1623 and is about the wealthy Jew, Barabas, whose treasures are confiscated after not paying a tax to the invading Turks. Barabas eventually dies in a boiling cauldron after his plan of revenge against the Turks fails. This is "The Jew of _____".
2. This play was Tennessee Williams's first success. Tom Wingfield narrates life in a St. Louis tenement with his mother, Amanda, and his sister, Laura.
3. This was Arthur Miller's second play to open on Broadway and deals with social responsibility during World War II. The play revolves around Joe, an airplane parts manufacturer, who was selling defective parts, only to realize what he was doing didn't benefit his family.
4. This play, written by Molière, is a classic example of "comedie de caractere". It follows Harpagon, a ruthless business man who chooses the wrong suitors for his children whom he abuses.
5. This play is a four-act drama written by Eugene O'Neill in 1939. It centers around a New York City saloon and the barflies who listen to the story of Hickey, a man who had just confessed to killing his wife.
6. This is a 1879 Henrik Ibsen play focusing on Nora and Torvald Helmer who are wedded strangers having spent eight years together. Nora is blackmailed by Krogstad, and eventually, Nora leaves Torvald. What word is missing from the title "A Doll's _____"?
7. This is a tragic play by Aeschylus and the first part of a trilogy. The main character is chained to a rock by Zeus as punishment for supporting and giving fire to the human race.
8. This play was Aristophanes' comic satire on the philosopher Socrates. The story follows Strepsiades, who enrolls his son, Pheidippides, in a Socratic school, but Pheidippides masters the art of reasoning and uses it against his father.
9. This was one of Shakespeare's many romantic comedies and was written around the turn of the 17th century. Most of the play revolves around Rosalind, who is disguised as a boy, while Touchstone, a clown, offers humerously accurate comments about those around him.
10. This was a tragic play by Euripides which is part of a group of plays in dealing with the conflict in the human spirit between love and revenge. The main character is deserted by her husband, Jason, for a new wife, forcing her to kill the objects of his affection, which are her own children.
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