Question

The experience described in this poem also closes the autobiographical story “The Country Mouse,” whose narrator wonders, “Why was I a human being?” This poem’s speaker perceives the title location to be “sliding / beneath a big black wave, / another, (10[1])and another” and attributes an “oh! of pain” to a “foolish, timid woman” before realizing “that it was me: / my voice, in my mouth.” That speaker tells herself she will be seven in three days to stop “the sensation of falling off / the round, turning world.” In this poem from Geography III set (10[1])in Worcester (10[1]-5[1])(“WUST-er”), Massachusetts, in 1918, the speaker sees photos (-5[1])of “the (10[1])inside of a volcano (10[1])/ black, and full of ashes,” and of “black, naked women” whose (10[1])“awful (10[1])hanging (10[1])breasts” horrify her. For 10 points, the speaker joins Aunt Consuelo (10[1])at the dentist’s office (-5[1])and reads (10[1])National Geographic (10[1])in what poem by Elizabeth Bishop? ■END■ (10[1]0[17])

ANSWER: In the Waiting Room
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Summary

2024 ACF Nationals2024-04-21Y2255%0%14%115.50

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eve FleisigBerkeley AMichigan4010
Will OrrYale BPenn9510
Andrew EllisKentuckyIndiana97-5
Arthur Delot-VilainYale ATexas9710
Connor MayersMarylandNorthwestern104-5
Richard NiuCornell AColumbia B10610
Tim MorrisonStanfordTruman State11010
Michael HundingIllinoisMcGill12210
Ashish SubramanianDukeRutgers12310
Ned TagtmeierChicago ACornell B12410
Raymond ChenToronto ANorth Carolina A13510
Halle FriedmanNYUChicago B139-5
Eylon CaplanPurdueVanderbilt14110
Sinecio MoralesJohns HopkinsMinnesota B14310
Moses KitakuleColumbia ABrown1500
Ben WismathToronto BChicago D1500
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AHarvard1500
Adrian WongOttawaClaremont Colleges1500
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BFlorida1500
Joseph ChambersVirginiaIowa State1500
Jakob MyersIndianaKentucky1500
Chris SimsNorthwesternMaryland1500
Henry CafaroChicago BNYU1500
Jason HongBrownColumbia A1500
Tiffany ZhouFloridaBerkeley B1500
Shiv SeshanChicago DToronto B1500
Conor ThompsonIowa StateVirginia1500
Jeffrey FungHarvardWUSTL A1500
Ivvone ZhouNorth Carolina BWaterloo15010
Bryan UgazArizona StateWUSTL B1500
Kevin ParkClaremont CollegesOttawa1500
Amith PunyalaWUSTL BArizona State1500