Question

A dying professor created by this author never shares with his adopted actress daughter that he thinks live theater is superfluous since “if the play is poor, no acting will make it good.” The title for George Saunders’ book A Swim in the Pond in the (15[1])Rain (15[1])derives (15[1])from a story by this author (-5[1])in which a (-5[1])surgeon becomes depressed by seeing his fat younger brother living on a farm. Two lovers (15[1])realize “the hardest, the most complicated (15[1])part (15[2])was only (15[1])just beginning” (-5[2])at the end (-5[1])of a story by this author about a man who refers to (*) women as “the lower race.” In a story by this author, a chance re-encounter at a performance of The Geisha leads Dmitri Gurov to declare his love for a woman he had met in Yalta (10[1])with her pet dog. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Russian author of the play The Cherry Orchard. (10[3])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: Anton Chekhov [or Anton Pavlovich Chekhov] (The first two stories are “A Boring Story” and “Gooseberries.”)
<JF, European Literature>
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Summary

2023 ARCADIA at UC BerkeleyPremiereY2100%100%0%45.50
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton UniversityPremiereY3100%33%33%126.67
2023 ARCADIA at Claremont CollegesPremiereY1100%0%100%150.00
2023 ARCADIA at IndianaPremiereY5100%20%60%131.40
2023 ARCADIA at RITPremiereY2100%100%0%62.50
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTLPremiereY3100%67%0%94.67

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BStanford A4515
Kevin YeBerkeley CBerkeley A4615
Nathan ZhangCornell MATLABRIT4715
Michael HundingIllinois AVanderbilt53-5
Jason ChengI will play anything with a buzzer in front of meAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie University56-5
Braden BoothMissouri AWUSTL XYZ7115
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL H2O7715
Stan MelkumianPurdue APurdue B7815
Raymond WangCornell RSyracuse+Rochester7815
Raymond ChenA Ray of Sun in the SkyWaterloo8015
Ishan JoshiOttawa BOttawa A82-5
Yash MandaviaIllinois BChicago B82-5
Robert CondronChicago ANotre Dame A85-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltIllinois A13210
Logan MathisSIUEMissouri B13610
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame AChicago A14910
Nermeen RahmanChicago BIllinois B14910
Tanuj ChandekarIndianaNotre Dame B14910
Maude-Sophie LockmanOttawa AOttawa B15010
Ian ChowMcDouble West-CarletonOttawa C15010
Kethan RamanAuxiliary Lofthouse Cookie UniversityI will play anything with a buzzer in front of me15010