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In this play, a man says, "I give you my sweat and my blood," but that he's (0[1])spent all his tears, in a speech where he describes trying to "blast a hole into forever." A woman in this play says, "I took all...my dreams...and I buried them inside you," (20[1])leading a man (20[2])to (20[1])exclaim, (20[2])"You say I take and don't give!" (20[1])A man in this play sings, (20[1])"Hear it ring!" in a song (20[1])about the "good old dog" (20[1])(*) Blue, (10[7])and claims (10[2])that (10[2])"Death (0[1])ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside (10[1])corner." (10[1])In this play, (10[1])Gabriel blows a (10[2])trumpet (10[4]0[1])to (10[1])"tell (10[1])St. Peter to open the gates" after his brother's funeral. (10[1])A patriarch in this play tries to discourage his son Cory from playing football. (10[1]0[1])For 10 points, (10[1])the Pittsburgh garbage truck driver Troy Maxson is the (10[1])protagonist (10[1])of what August Wilson play? (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

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