Round 10: Tossup 5

In this play, two characters who compare themselves to shipwrecked sailors clinging to wreckage decide to get married after one takes the other's job. In this play, a broken hairpin is discovered by a mailbox that contains two letters marked with black crosses. A year-long trip to Italy saved the life of a character from this play. (10[1])In this play, (10[1])a fisher-girl costume is sewn so a character nicknamed “my little squirrel” can (10[1])dance the tarantella (10[2])at a ball. To keep his (10[1])bank job, Krogstad blackmails (10[2])the protagonist (10[1])of this play over forging her father’s signature. For 10 points, the sound of a door slamming ends (-5[1])what Henrik (10[1])Ibsen play about Nora Helmer? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: A Doll’s House [or Et dukkehjem]
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