In a story titled for this kind of person, Henry Marston realizes that America “was… boys dying in the Argonne for a phrase that was empty before their bodies withered. It was a willingness of the heart.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this title type of person who, in a story, crashes a party hosted by the Biswangers and is refused a drink by his former mistress, Shirley Adams.
ANSWER: a swimmer [accept “The Swimmer” or “The Swimmers”]
[10m] Neddy Merrill travels through the “Lucinda River” only to find his home abandoned in this author’s story “The Swimmer.” This author wrote about Irene spying on neighbors in “The Enormous Radio.”
ANSWER: John Cheever [or John William Cheever]
[10e] In this author’s story “The Swimmers,” Henry argues with his wife Choupette and is taught how to swim at a French beach. George Wilson shoots the protagonist in a swimming pool in this author’s novel The Great Gatsby.
ANSWER: F. Scott Fitzgerald [or Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald]
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