Question

A character in this novel drunkenly describes a man who ate sixty monks during a series of famines. A woman in this novel changes the initials emblazoned on a shield to those of the protagonist’s love interest while she mockingly recites a poem about a “poor knight.” This novel’s protagonist exchanges crosses with a friend who later tries to stab him, leading him to fall down a flight of stairs. In this novel, the protagonist’s (*) wild (-5[1])gesticulating at a dinner party results in him (10[1])accidentally breaking a (10[1])Chinese vase. (10[3])This novel ends as the protagonist loses his mind and returns (-5[1])to a Swiss sanatorium upon (-5[2])discovering that his ex-fiancée Nastasya Filippovna (-5[2])was murdered by his friend Rogozhin. For 10 points, name this novel about the epileptic (10[1])Prince Myshkin, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. ■END■ (10[6]0[2])

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinOxfordImperial A75-5
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AStanford A8310
Raymond WangCornell RCornell MATLAB8610
Sam MooreDurhamCambridge A8810
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghImperial B8810
Giifti BentiSIUEWUSTL H2O8810
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeMissouri A99-5
Mattias EhatammWaterlooOttawa B104-5
Thomas HartWarwickCambridge B104-5
Raymond ChenToronto Ray of Sun in the SkyOttawa C110-5
Ben BiggsBirminghamBristol110-5
Neal JoshiWUSTL XYZMissouri B12510
Ian ChowMcDouble West-CarletonOttawa A1320
James WangOttawa AMcDouble West-Carleton1320
Ishan JoshiOttawa BWaterloo13210
Aedan CooperOttawa CToronto Ray of Sun in the Sky13210
Kevin FlanaganBristolBirmingham13210
Rachel BenthamCambridge BWarwick13210
Michael MaysImperial AOxford13210
Owen ArnesonMissouri ASquidward Community College13210