Round 7: Tossup 1

A seven-act play from this country inspired a prologue from Goethe’s Faust with its metatheatrical introduction. In a play from this country, a girl distracted by her love marriage is cursed for not greeting a visitor to her hermitage. In that play from this country, a king is presented with a signet ring found in a fish, (10[2])allowing him to remember his title wife. This country’s Kathakali (“kuh-thuh-KUH-lee”) dance-dramas convey narrative using (10[1])makeup and hand gestures called mudras. (-5[1])An epic (10[1])from this country inspired many folk plays about the 18-day Kurukshetra War (10[1])between the Kauravas (10[1])and Pandavas. For 10 points, name this country whose classical plays were written in Sanskrit. (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

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