Question

In a play subtitled for one of these events, the Abbess of X leads an order of assassin nuns who poisoned Cromwell. Dogwater helps the author of Hydriotaphia accumulate capital in that Tony Kushner farce about one of these events involving Thomas Browne. A married couple read an encyclopedia entry on one of these events caused by a Spanish Communist in a play whose scenes end with that event followed by a bell ringing. (10[1])In a play titled for an event of this kind, (-5[1])a man who says he doesn’t (10[1])“have a thing in the ground” uses a flashlight to plant his garden, (10[1])and imagines (10[1])his (10[2])brother (10[1])saying “the jungle (10[1])is dark (10[1])but full of (10[2])diamonds.” (10[2]-5[1])These events (10[1])title (10[1])a David Ives play about Leon Trotsky (10[1])and a play permeated by flute music (10[1])in which a man intentionally crashes his car to help his son Biff. (10[2])For 10 points, what kind of event titles Arthur Miller’s play about Willy Loman? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: death [accept Death of a Salesman; accept Variations on the Death of Leon Trotsky; accept Hydriotaphia, or the Death of Doctor Browne; accept assassination or murder after “encyclopedia” is read]
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