Detroit Country Day Academic Regular Tournament Packet 8 Edited by: Christopher Gilmer-Hill, Sarod Nori, Jon Suh, Jason Golfinos, Jakob Myers, and John John Groger Written by: Daniel Liu, Zaid Siddiqui, Adam Sun, Arthur Gayden, Costas Pavlou, Aeres Zhou, Ajay Sumanth, Maria Cheriyan, Yiou Jiang, and Connor Shi 1. In a play by this author, the title character says he would rather “take the lives of miserable men” than “be the causers of their misery.” In a different play by this author, the title character anachronistically captures Persepolis before putting the Ottoman sultan and his wife in a cage. The pimp Pilia-Borza and the prostitute Bellamira convince a slave named (*) Ithamore to bribe the title character of one of this author’s plays. That title character is the mastermind behind crimes such as poisoning a group of nuns, and he ultimately perishes in a cauldron of fire. For 10 points, name this author of T amburlaine and T he Jew of Malta. ANSWER: Christopher M arlowe
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