Christine de Pizan - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This woman, who worked under the patronage of John the Fearless of Burgundy, wrote a dream narrative in which she travels with the Cumean Sibyl. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this Italian-French writer who confronted the misogyny of The Romance of the Rose in her works. This writer depicted accomplished women in her prose work The Book of the City of Ladies.

ANSWER: Christine de Pizan [or Cristina da Pizzano]

[10m] The Book of the City of Ladies recalls the biographies of virtuous women in this Italian author’s De Claris Mulieribus. This writer is best known for his collection of Italian prose stories titled Decameron.

ANSWER: Giovanni Boccaccio

[10e] The last part of The Book of The City of Ladies concerns these people who have been canonized and venerated by the church. Biographies of these people are known as hagiographies.

ANSWER: saints [prompt on martyrs]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	10	12.00	100%	20%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	15.56	100%	56%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%

Data


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