Question

In a novella set in this city, a Mesmerist tries to reach a dying poet who cannot stop hiccuping. (10[1])The narrator of a story set in this city feels a “blind gaze” that seems to say, “Save us, save us.” (10[1])This city partly titles a story in which a young woman begins vomiting rabbits. (10[2]-5[1])The speaker (10[1])describes (10[1])dying in this city “in a rainstorm” (10[2])in (10[1])the poem (10[1]-5[2])“Black Stone on a White Stone.” (10[2])After stopping (10[1])a boy (10[1])from being seduced in this (emphasize) European (10[1])city, a photographer feels (-5[1])trapped in his own (-5[1])photograph. A man stares into an animal’s golden eyes and seems to switch places with the title axolotl in this (10[1])city, the setting (10[1])of “Blow-Up” and the first half of (-5[2])Hopscotch. For 10 points, name this city where expats such as (10[2])César Vallejo and (10[2])Julio Cortázar were influenced by local authors such as Simone (10[1])de (10[1])Beauvoir. (10[15]0[1])■END■

ANSWER: Paris (The first sentence refers to Roberto Bolaño’s Monsieur Pain.)
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Ben Russell JonesEdinburghOxford B1810
Forrest Weintraub (UG)Columbia ANYU A3910
Raymond WangCornell ACornell C5310
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)UNC A (Grad)53-5
David BassJohns HopkinsRowan5310
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicHarding5510
Tim MorrisonStanford AStanford C5610
Andrew ZengStanford BBerkeley A6310
Rosa XiaCornell BRIT B6310
Jack LewisMTSUSouth Carolina6410
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley C66-5
Joel MilesMinnesota BMinnesota C6610
Andrei HuiCambridge CKiel66-5
Bryan UgazArizona StateIowa State7210
Michael KohnDurham AOxford C7210
James Stevenson (UG)Michigan AMichigan C7410
Tegan KapadiaGeorgia Tech ATennessee7610
Harrison WhitakerCambridge AImperial A8310
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BOhio State A87-5
Giovanni Mazzeo (DII)Virginia A (UG)Liberty A (Grad)91-5
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)11110
Oliver HargraveOxford AImperial B11410
Miller Doer (DII)Liberty C (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)121-5
Sam Macchi (DII)VassarHaverford121-5
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)UNC C (UG)13210
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BNYU B13210
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Davin SivertsonAlabamaKentucky13510
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BVanderbilt B14510
Thomas HartWarwickBristol14610
Aditya SivakumarBerkeley CBerkeley B14710
Matthew ChristianBinghamtonRIT A14710
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)GWU B (Grad)14710
Aleks Kozlowski (DII)Roanoke College A (DII)Liberty C (DII)14710
Michael Brown (DII)GWU B (Grad)Duke A (UG)1470
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)William & Mary A (UG)14710
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)JMU B (UG)14710
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Emily Bussa (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia B (UG)14710
Jacob Goodson (DII)Ohio State BCedarville14710
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