Question
At the opening of a play, this character discovers King Antiochus has been having an incestuous relationship with his daughter. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this “Prince of Tyre” whose namesake play has been attributed partially to Shakespeare by critical scholarship.
ANSWER: Pericles
[10e] Pericles was lambasted in an ode as a “mouldy tale” by this British playwright of Volpone (“vol-poh-NAY”) and The Alchemist.
ANSWER: Ben Jonson
[10h] The incest plot in Pericles was bowdlerized in the Tales from Shakespeare compiled by two members of this family, one of whom wrote the poem “A Farewell to Tobacco” and the collection Essays of Elia.
ANSWER: Lamb [accept Charles Lamb or Mary Lamb or the Lambs]
<Michael Bentley, Literature - British - Drama> ~22420~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 34 | 14.41 | 91% | 38% | 15% |