Question

A novel (emphasize) about this author describes his “tacit agreements” with his wife not to “put domestic happiness in jeopardy.” A novella by this author ends by (-5[1])praising the “bourgeois love” for “the happy, lovely, and commonplace.” This author’s half-Brazilian (10[1])parentage inspired the (10[1])family of a character who is mistaken for a criminal when he returns to his (10[1])hometown without his (-5[1])papers, and who sees his two childhood loves dancing together at a Danish (10[3])resort. This European (10[2])author’s (10[1])life is fictionalized in Colm Tóibín’s (“CALL-um toh-BEAN’s”) novel The (10[4]-5[1])Magician. (10[1])Hanno dies of (10[1])typhoid in (10[1])a novel by this (10[1])author about the collapse of a (10[2])Lübeck (10[2])grain merchant (10[4])family. For 10 (-5[1])points, the (10[2])semi-autobiographical Tonio Kröger and Buddenbrooks are (10[1])by what (10[3])German (10[2])author who wrote about Hans Castorp in The Magic (10[2])Mountain? (10[9]0[3])■END■

ANSWER: Thomas Mann [or Paul Thomas Mann]
<European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jack Rado (DII)Columbia BJohns Hopkins26-5
Andrew ZengStanford BStanford C3910
Eric Gunter (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Virginia A (UG)4210
Frances HadleyEdinburghImperial B5710
Noah Dean (DII)KenyonMichigan C60-5
Ethan StrombeckStanford ABerkeley A7310
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaGeorgia Tech A7310
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt A7310
Andrew HannaPennJohn Jay7610
Amogh KulkarniGeodesicTennessee7610
Omer KeskinOxford AKiel7710
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC D (DII)8510
Halle FriedmanNYU ARowan85-5
Michael MaysImperial ADurham B8510
Ben LaFondCambridge BOxford B8510
Harrison WhitakerCambridge ASheffield8510
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Maryland C (DII)8610
Anuttam RamjiBerkeley BBerkeley C8910
Davin SivertsonAlabamaGeorgia Tech B9110
Raymond WangCornell ACornell C9510
Rosa XiaCornell BRIT B10110
Yashwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AOhio State B10110
Kevin ParkClaremont AIowa B10210
Biyang Zhang (DII)Michigan BOhio State A10210
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)GWU B (Grad)10410
Deepak MuthyalaTexas A&M ATexas A&M B10410
Isaac OlsonUW ATexas A10410
Michael KohnDurham AWarwick10410
Andre WongColumbia CVassar107-5
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Virginia B (UG)10910
Andrew KelleyKentuckyHarding10910
Matt SheldonOxford CBristol11510
Bianca Van ZileBinghamtonRIT A11710
Ethan Furman (DII)HaverfordNYU B11710
Jeffrey FungHarvard AHarvard B11710
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Liberty C (DII)11810
Aswath KaraiMichigan State ASorbonne11810
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)Roanoke College A (DII)12710
Munir Siddiqui (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia C (UG)12710
Carly Hemani (DII)JMU A (UG)William & Mary A (UG)1280
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)JMU B (UG)12810
Roan DowlingIowa AAppalachian State12810
Russell NipUBC ARice A12810
Kevin Zheng (DII)Michigan CKenyon12810
Seth EbnerJohns HopkinsColumbia B12810
Tom Doyle (UG)VassarColumbia C12810
Ashish KumbhardareRowanNYU A12810
Andrei HuiCambridge CKCL1280
Alessandro BogoKCLCambridge C1280
Alexander ClarkeDartmouth ADartmouth B12810
Julian MoodyTufts ATufts B12810