Round 9: Tossup 13

A play set in this city ends with Aaron the Moor wishing he had done more evil, as he is sentenced to be buried chest-deep and starved. In that play set in this city, the queen Tamora eats pies containing her children, fulfilling the title character’s revenge scheme. (10[2])While observing (-5[1])a festival in this city, a character remarks that “the fault ... is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” (10[2])In this city, a man repeatedly calls his enemy an ‘honourable man’ (10[2])in a speech that asks for his ‘friends’ (10[1])and ‘countrymen’ to ‘lend (10[2])me your ears.’ In this city, a leader ignores a soothsayer’s (10[1])warning to beware the Ides of March. (10[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this city, the setting of William Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar. ■END■

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