Bonus
In this novel, Ludmilla and the reader visit Professor Uzzi-Tuzii after confusion caused by the translator Ermes Marana. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this postmodern Italo Calvino novel whose even and odd chapters alternate between the opening chapters of different novels and the reader’s attempts to find the continuations of those novels.
ANSWER: If on a winter’s night a traveler [or Se una notte d'inverno un viaggiatore]
[10e] Since the reader is a character in If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, the novel uses this unusual narration style. This narrative technique uses the personal pronoun “you” rather than “I” or “they.”
ANSWER: second-person perspective
[10h] In this other Calvino novel, Kublai Khan and Marco Polo have a conversation about the title places. The title places of this novel are classified into categories such as memory and desire.
ANSWER: Invisible Cities [or Le città invisibili]
<Editors, European Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 37 | 20.81 | 97% | 65% | 46% |
Conversion
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK (North) | UK | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| UK (South) | UK | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 11 | 17.27 | 100% | 55% | 18% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 12 | 19.17 | 92% | 58% | 42% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 25.00 | 100% | 75% | 75% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |