Bonus
This character is briefly arrested for attempted kidnapping after gifting a little Italian girl bread. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character who narrates flashbacks to his roommate Shreve in Absalom, Absalom! In another work by the same author, this character travels north to study at Harvard before committing suicide in the Charles River.
ANSWER: Quentin Compson III [prompt on Compson]
[10m] The second chapter of this novel by William Faulkner is told from Quentin’s perspective. This novel, whose other narrators include Benjy and Jason, details the decline of the Compson family.
ANSWER: The Sound and The Fury
[10e] Faulkner set The Sound and The Fury in the fictional Yoknapatawpha (“YOK-nuh-puh-TAW-fuh”) County, which resides in this state. This home state of Faulkner also names the river Huck Finn travels down in a book by Mark Twain.
ANSWER: Mississippi [or MS; accept Mississippi River]
<Nebraska B, American Literature>
| Editions | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | 17.47 | 93% | 63% | 19% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia A | Columbia B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| George Mason A | Maryland C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Lehigh A | Rowan | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Lehigh B | Vassar B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Maryland A | George Mason B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Maryland B | NYU C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| NYU A | George Mason C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Princeton | Rutgers C | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers B | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| Rutgers D | Johns Hopkins | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | M |
| Stony Brook | NYU B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HME |
| Vassar A | Penn | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern California | US | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
| Southern California | US | Y | 7 | 12.86 | 86% | 43% | 0% |
| Eastern Canada (1) | US | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 60% | 20% |
| Eastern Canada (2) | US | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 56% | 22% |
| Florida | US | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| Great Lakes | US | Y | 11 | 16.36 | 91% | 55% | 18% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 67% | 11% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 9 | 20.00 | 89% | 67% | 44% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | US | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Midwest | US | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 67% | 22% |
| North | US | Y | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| Northeast | US | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| Pacific | US | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| Southeast | US | Y | 11 | 18.18 | 82% | 73% | 27% |
| Upstate NY | US | Y | 5 | 20.00 | 100% | 60% | 40% |