Packet 13: Bonus 2
According to one essay, actors that simply “[quote] the character played” and position themselves like “acrobats” utilize this technique. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this technique, which one essay examines “in Chinese Theater.” Actors might break or acknowledge the fourth wall in order to employ this anti-immersion technique.
ANSWER: the distancing effect [or Verfremdungseffekt or V-Effekt; accept alienation effect]
[10m] Repeatedly singing the “Song of Great Capitulation” contributes to the distancing effect in this play, which sees one character get shot while sitting on a roof and beating a drum in warning.
ANSWER: Mother Courage and Her Children [or Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder]
[10e] This author, who drew on Chinese theater to theorize the distancing effect, wrote Mother Courage and Her Children.
ANSWER: Bertolt Brecht [or Eugene Berthold Friedrich Brecht]
<Literature - European, Daniel Merida> | VAULT II Packet 13 (Finals 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
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| Armand duplantis fan club | Not Just Biking | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
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| VAULT II Stanford Online | 2026-07-17 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |