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A woman in this play refuses a plea for mercy by saying, “There are people who can never go back… I am one of those people.” Another woman in this play reveals that her frequent headaches are a cover for her bouts of (10[1])binge drinking. While starring in this play on Broadway, Tallulah Bankhead unsuccessfully fought to donate proceeds to the Finnish Relief Fund. In this play’s final line, a girl asks, “are you afraid, Mama?” after (10[1])accusing her of being “people who ate the earth.” Another (10[1])Part of the Forest is a prequel to this play, whose protagonist sends her daughter Alexandra to Baltimore to retrieve her sickly husband Horace Giddens. For 10 points, Oscar and Ben Hubbard are forced to give a 75-percent share of their cotton mill to their cunning sister Regina in what play by Lillian (10[2])Hellman? ■END■ (10[3])

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