This novel ends with a letter from Sybil Ross affixed with a secret note that encourages John Carrington to court her sister when she returns from exploring the Mediterranean. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this novel in which the rich, young widow Madeleine Lee becomes immersed in Washington politics. In this novel, the Secretary of the Treasury fights the Bulgarian minister.
ANSWER: Democracy: An American Novel
[10e] Published anonymously in 1880, Democracy was later revealed to have been written by this descendant of two American presidents. His autobiography is titled for his “Education.”
ANSWER: Henry Adams [or Henry Brooks Adams; accept The Education of Henry Adams; prompt on Adams]
[10m] In the Education, going to one of these events leads Adams to compare the Virgin Mary to a dynamo. Thomas Pynchon’s Against the Day opens with the Chums of Chance heading to one of these events in their skyship.
ANSWER: world’s fairs [or universal expositions; or world expositions; accept Exposition Universelle of 1900, 1900 Paris Exposition, Chicago World’s Fair, or World’s Columbian Exposition; prompt on fairs]
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