Question
Random House censored 11 poems from this poet's collection The Double Axe and included a publisher's note to disavow its isolationism. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet, whose preface to The Double Axe defines his philosophy of “inhumanism” as “the rejection of human solipsism.” He praises the “patience of things” in a poem that states “we must unhumanize our views a little.”
ANSWER: Robinson Jeffers [or John Robinson Jeffers]
[10m] In another inhumanist poem, Jeffers claimed “I'd sooner, except the penalties, kill a man than” one of these creatures. A Ted Hughes poem is titled for one of these creatures “roosting.”
ANSWER: hawks [accept “Hurt Hawks” or “Hawk Roosting”; prompt on birds or avians]
[10e] Most of Jeffers's poetry is set on the central coast of this state. Lawrence Ferlinghetti founded the City Lights bookstore in this state.
ANSWER: California (The second poem mentioned in the first part of the bonus is “Carmel Point.”)
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 21.67 | 100% | 67% | 50% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
Data
| Stanford B | Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| It's Joever | [Insert Lawyer Joke Here] | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Stanford A | Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Fan-tastic Negs and Where to Find Them | The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Negs | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Maryland A | Maryland B+ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Glass Onyen: A Knives Out Mystery | Rutgers Diaspora | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Amartya Senpai Notice Me | Mojo Shojo | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Chicago A | Chicago B+ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Buzzers Karamazov | Broken Imperial Nomads | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Magisters Ludi | Oxford Hornets | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Milan et al. | Parth et al. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cameron et al. | The Passion According to C.H. | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Epic Games | Illinois A+ | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Maryland B- | OSU | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Northwestern | Michigan | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| WUSTL | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | meet the new weird, same as the old weird | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |