Question
In a play, a character with this surname states “History is about to crack wide open. Millennium approaches.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this surname of a ghost who tells Roy Cohn that he has been disbarred while on his deathbed. Sylvia Plath’s The Bell Jar opens during the “queer, sultry summer” when a couple with this surname were electrocuted.
ANSWER: Rosenberg [or the Rosenbergs; accept Ethel Rosenberg or Julius Rosenberg; accept “the summer they electrocuted the Rosenbergs”]
[10e] The ghost of Ethel Rosenberg appears in this Tony Kushner play in which Prior Walter falls ill with AIDS.
ANSWER: Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes [or Angels in America: Millennium Approaches; or Angels in America: Perestroika]
[10h] This author fictionalized children of the Rosenbergs seeking justice in his novel The Book of Daniel. The pianist Coalhouse Walker is terrorized by racist firemen in a novel by this author.
ANSWER: E. L. Doctorow [or Edgar Lawrence Doctorow] (The unnamed novel is Ragtime.)
<Ganon Evans, Literature - American - Misc> ~22866~ <Editor: Chandler West>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 18.33 | 89% | 75% | 19% |