interpreter of maladies - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

A character with this occupation asks “is it really pain you feel, or is it guilt?” to a woman who just revealed to him her son was born from adultery. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this title profession of Mr. Kapasi, who acts as a tour guide for Mr. and Mrs. Das during a visit to the Sun Temple in the title story of a 1999 collection.

ANSWER: interpreter of maladies [accept translator for a doctor’s office, prompt on doctor’s assistant]

[10e] In the Interpreter of Maladies, Mr. Kapasi rescues Bobby Das from an attack by the Hanuman type of these animals. In a story by W.W. Jacobs, this animal’s “paw” grants three cursed wishes.

ANSWER: monkey [accept The Monkey’s Paw]

[10m] This Indian-American author wrote Interpreter of Maladies. She also wrote a novel about the immigrant Ganguli family and their son Gogol, The Namesake.

ANSWER: Jhumpa Lahiri

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	18.75	100%	63%	25%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	12	17.50	100%	42%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	8	15.00	100%	38%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	6	21.67	100%	100%	17%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	10	20.00	100%	70%	30%

Data


CWRU A (UG)	Miami A (UG)	0	10	10	20
CWRU B (DII)	Miami B (UG)	0	10	10	20
CWRU C (UG)	Michigan State B	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Belmont	0	10	0	10
Emory A	Vanderbilt A	10	10	10	30
James Madison A	Appalachian State B	0	10	10	20
Lehigh A (UG)	Maryland B (DII)	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Lehigh B (DII)	0	10	10	20
Michigan State A	Michigan A (UG)	10	10	10	30
Michigan D (UG)	Jefferson County Scholars (DII)	10	10	10	30
Ohio State B (DII)	Michigan B (UG)	0	10	10	20
West Virginia A (UG)	Ohio State C (DII)	0	10	0	10
West Virginia B (UG)	Miami C (DII)	0	10	0	10
UW Chastity	Alberta	0	10	0	10
Arizona State B	Arizona State A	10	10	10	30
UBC B	UBC A	0	10	0	10
UW Gluttony	UW Greed	10	10	10	30
UW Envy	UW Lust	0	10	0	10
UW Pride	UW Wrath	0	10	10	20
Liberty B	Tusculum	0	10	0	10
Liberty C	Duke B	0	10	0	10
NC State	William & Mary	0	10	0	10
Liberty A	UNC A	10	10	10	30
UNC C	Virginia Tech A	0	10	0	10
UNC D	Virginia	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	VCU	0	10	0	10
Rutgers A (UG)	Columbia A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Columbia J (DII)	Maryland A (DII)	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Penn B (DII)	10	10	10	30
Rutgers B	Princeton A (UG)	0	10	10	20
Georgia A	Alabama A	0	10	10	20
Clemson B	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Furman	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	0	10	10	20
Mississippi State A	Emory Oxford	10	10	10	30
South Carolina A	Tennessee A	0	10	0	10
South Carolina B	Georgia Tech B	0	10	0	10
Tennessee B	Southern	10	10	0	20
Clemson A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	0	10
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Illinois C	Chicago B	0	10	0	10
Illinois A	Illinois D	10	10	10	30
Illinois B	WashU A	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Iowa A	0	10	10	20
Northwestern B	Indiana	0	10	10	20
WashU B	Notre Dame B	0	10	0	10
Purdue B	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Notre Dame C	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Iowa B	SIUE	0	10	0	10