Question

The aphorism that one gram of one of these objects is equal to a shovelful of coal recurs in a Herta Müller novel titled in translation for a type of “Angel.” In another novel, a character takes one of these objects (0[1])from Maubert Isabeau (0[1])(“moh-BAIR IZ-uh-bo”) to give to the children of his widowed sister, which ultimately leads to him having (0[1])to carry (0[1])a yellow passport. The barber Ivan (20[1])Yakovlevich (20[2]0[1])discovers (0[1])a body part (20[1]0[4])inside (20[1])one (20[1])of (20[2])these (20[1])objects (20[6])in the (20[2])opening (20[1])scene of Nikolai (*) Gogol’s (10[2])story (0[2])“The Nose.” (10[1])Because of repeated escape attempts, a man who breaks a window to obtain one of these objects ends up spending 19 years (0[1])in prison (10[1])in the novel Les Misérables (10[2])(“lay mis-ay-RAHB”). For 10 points, Jean Valjean (10[1])(“zhahn val-zhahn”) initially goes to prison for stealing what food item? (10[2])■END■ (10[7])

ANSWER: loaves of bread [or loaves of bread or loaf of bread; accept anything indicating bread; prompt on food] (Müller’s novel is The Hunger Angel.)
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