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 Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	18.89	100%	78%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	20.00	100%	75%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	7	20.00	100%	71%	29%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	18.33	83%	83%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	11	19.09	100%	55%	36%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%

Data


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
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
Purdue B	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
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
Northwestern A	Illinois A	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Columbia J	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Rutgers B	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	Bard A	0	0	10	10
Columbia B	NYU A	0	10	10	20
Rowan A	NYU B	0	0	10	10
Penn A	Penn B	10	10	10	30
Maryland A	Fordham A	0	10	10	20
CWRU B	Miami A	10	10	10	30
CWRU A	West Virginia A	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Michigan B	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	Michigan State B	0	0	10	10
Ohio State A	CWRU C	0	0	10	10
Michigan D	West Virginia B	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
Lehigh B	Princeton A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Jefferson County Scholars	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
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