“The Metamorphosis” - 2024 ACF Fall

Question

This short story’s protagonist interrupts a violin performance given by his sister for tenants at his house. For 10 points each:

[10e] Name this novella by Franz Kafka which recounts Gregor Samsa’s transformation into an Ungeziefer (“OON-guh-tsee-fer”), or giant bug.

ANSWER: “The Metamorphosis” [or “Die Verwandlung”]

[10m] In a lecture on “The Metamorphosis,” this author and lepidopterist claimed Gregor was a beetle. This author of Pnin and Pale Fire titled his novel Ada or Ardor after his favorite butterfly.

ANSWER: Vladimir Nabokov [or Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov]

[10h] Gregor Samsa eventually starves to death, like the protagonist of this other Kafka short story. This story’s protagonist is a performer who is kept in a cage by an impresario, and is replaced by a panther after his death.

ANSWER: “A Hunger Artist” [or “Ein Hungerkünstler” or “A Fasting Artist” or “A Starvation Artist”]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	9	17.78	100%	44%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	38%	38%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	23.33	100%	100%	33%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	14.00	100%	30%	10%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	14.44	100%	33%	11%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	22.00	100%	80%	40%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	8	17.50	100%	38%	38%

Data


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