Americanah - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

One character in this novel attempts to get married to Cleotilde for a green card only to be arrested by the police at the courthouse. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this novel that opens with the protagonist getting her hair braided in Trenton. The protagonist of this novel runs the successful blog “Raceteenth.”

ANSWER: Americanah

[10m] Americanah was written by this Nigerian author who gave the TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story.”

ANSWER: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

[10e] Adichie compiled emails to Ijeawele (“ee-jee-ah-WAY-lay”) about raising her daughter to support this general movement. A TEDx Talk given by Adichie states “We Should All Be” advocates of this ideology and to challenge gender stereotypes.

ANSWER: feminism [accept Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions; accept We Should All Be Feminists; prompt on gender equality or sexual equality by asking “what socio-political movement are those ideas associated with?”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	18.33	83%	83%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	19.17	100%	58%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	9	18.89	89%	67%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	78%	11%

Data


Syracuse	Binghamton A	10	10	10	30
RIT C	Binghamton C	0	0	10	10
Cornell B	U of Rochester A	0	0	10	10
Cornell E	Cornell D	0	0	10	10
Cornell G	U of Rochester B	0	0	10	10
ESF	Cornell A	0	10	10	20
Cornell F	Penn State	0	0	10	10
RIT A	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
RIT B	Cornell C	0	10	10	20
CWRU A (UG)	West Virginia A (UG)	0	10	10	20
CWRU B (DII)	Miami A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan C	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	0	10	10	20
Michigan A (UG)	Michigan B (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	Michigan State B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A (UG)	CWRU C (UG)	0	0	10	10
Miami B (UG)	Ohio State B (DII)	0	0	10	10
Michigan D (UG)	West Virginia B (UG)	0	10	10	20
UW Gluttony	Alberta	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	UW Lust	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	UW Envy	0	10	10	20
UBC A	Boise State	10	10	10	30
UW Sloth	UBC B	0	0	0	0
UW Pride	UW Chastity	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Clemson A	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Georgia A	Clemson B	0	0	10	10
Emory A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Emory Oxford	Vanderbilt A	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	Furman	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech A	South Carolina A	10	10	10	30
Auburn B	Georgia Tech C	0	0	10	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech E	10	10	10	30
Mississippi State A	South Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Southern	Belmont	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt B	Auburn C	10	10	10	30
James Madison A	Liberty B	0	0	10	10
Appalachian State A	James Madison B	0	0	10	10
Liberty A	Duke A	0	0	10	10
William & Mary	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
NC State	UNC D	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	Tusculum	10	10	10	30
VCU	UNC B	0	10	10	20
UNC C	UNC A	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	Duke B	0	10	10	20
Claremont B	UCLA C	0	10	10	20
Claremont C	UCLA D	0	0	10	10
UCLA E	UCLA B	0	0	10	10
Claremont A	UCSD	0	0	10	10
USC	UCLA A	10	10	10	30
Columbia A (UG)	Columbia J (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland A (DII)	Fordham A	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Rutgers B	0	0	0	0
Lehigh A (UG)	Rutgers B	0	0	10	10
Lehigh A (UG)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	0	0	10
Lehigh A (UG)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	0	10	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A (UG)	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	0	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Lehigh B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Maryland B (DII)	Bard A (UG)	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	NYU A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Rowan A (DII)	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Penn A (DII)	Penn B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Lehigh B (DII)	Princeton A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	Illinois A	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Indiana	0	10	10	20
Illinois D	Illinois C	0	0	10	10
Iowa A	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
WashU B	Iowa B	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame A	Notre Dame C	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Purdue C	WashU A	0	10	10	20