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At the start of a novel from this country, a paramedic fails to save an actor playing (10[1])King Lear who has a heart (-5[1])attack on stage. (10[2])Civilization is wiped out by the “Georgia (10[1])flu” in that novel (10[1])from this country, (-5[2])Station (10[2])Eleven. (10[4]-5[3])In a short (10[1])story (10[1]-5[1])from this country, (10[2]-5[1])Janet quizzes her (10[1])hospitalized (10[1]-5[1])father (10[2])about the moons (10[1])of Jupiter (10[6])before his (10[2])operation. (10[2])A novelist from this country depicted (10[1])a re-education center where the narrator recalls Aunt (10[1])Lydia (10[1]-5[1])disciplining (10[2])her (10[2])with a cattle (10[4])prod. (10[12]-5[4])That novel (10[1])from this country follows (10[1]-5[1])Offred’s (10[1]-5[1])attempts (10[4])to escape (10[8])from the (10[2])Republic (10[3])of (10[3])Gilead. (10[5]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, (10[2]-5[1])name this (10[1])home country of Emily (10[1])St. John Mandel, Alice Munro, and Margaret Atwood. (10[2])■END■ (10[10]0[6])

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