Question

An author from this country wrote about two girls who try to get an elderly relative to manifest “important things” like precious stones or automobiles by dreaming in a story narrated by a dog. The author of “Leopoldina’s Dream” (10[1])worked with two other authors (10[2])from this country to edit The Book of Fantasy. A character from this country stops after every stanza to praise himself while reading his poem The Earth (10[1])to the narrator. (10[4])In a story from this country, a man mourning Beatriz (10[1]-5[1])lies (10[1])in the (10[1])dark (10[1]-5[1])and stares at (-5[1])the nineteenth step (10[2])of a cellar staircase (10[2]-5[1])to see (-5[1])the (-5[1])title (10[1])object. (10[1])An author (10[1]-5[1])from (10[1])this (10[1])country wrote about (10[1])the search for (10[1])Vindications in hexagonal (10[3])rooms (10[8])that contain (10[4])every (10[4])possible (10[3]-5[1])book. (10[4]-5[1])For (10[1])10 points, name this home country of the author of “The Aleph” (0[1])and “The Library of Babel,” (10[2])Jorge Luis (10[1])Borges (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Argentina [or Argentine Republic or República Argentina] (“Leopoldina’s Dream” is by Silvina Ocampo, who edited The Book of Fantasy with Borges and Adolfo Bioy Casares.)
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Michael HundingUIUC ASIUE A3810
Mitch McCullarPenn State AColumbia B4310
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU AVassar A4310
Roan DowlingIowaWUSTL A7010
Eve FleisigBerkeley CBerkeley B7310
Rohan DalalGeorgia Tech BGeorgia A7310
Charles YoungColumbia APenn State B7310
Justin KeungImperial AOxford A7310
Carter McLeanPrinceton ALehigh A83-5
Ariel FaederPitt ACWRU B (UG)8310
David BassJohns Hopkins ARowan A8410
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan B8610
Pranav JothiGeorgia Tech DGeorgia Tech C87-5
Andrei HuiCambridge BLSE A8710
Edward FogelBirminghamWarwick A90-5
Liam StarnesUChicago BPurdue D9310
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge AManchester9310
HazelBardRutgers C9710
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan C (UG)9710
Arnav Lahoti (D2)Texas BMcGill E97-5
Nadita Shankar (DII)CWRU D (DII)Michigan State B (UG)99-5
Dylan Dexter (D2)Ole MissTexas D100-5
Katherine LeiStanford LBerkeley A10110
Alvin GuoUChicago CNotre Dame10210
Aden SunUChicago AWashU C104-5
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern AWashU B10410
Towery McNeil (D2)Mississippi StateTexas A10510
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AClemson A10610
Jisoo ParkUIUC CUChicago D10910
Justin HawkinsIndiana APurdue C11210
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech AEmory B11510
Arjun BothraHaverford ARutgers A11510
Khanh NguyenUF AUF D11510
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech ETennesse A11610
Anirudh BharadwajPenn AJohns Hopkins B11610
Aswath Karai (DII)Michigan State ACWRU A (UG)11610
Owen Arneson (D2)MissouriNYU B11610
Brynn JonesOregon StateTexas C11610
Truman Fillbrandt (UG)UW AUBC B11610
Shiva TegullaUCF AUF F11610
Ryan SharpeLSE BWarwick B11610
Malachi LedfordTusculum ASouth Carolina A11810
Jeevan IyaduraiUF CUF B11810
Lewys JenkinsBristol ACambridge C11810
Gus ReddingImperial BDurham A11810
Luke ZhangEmory AGeorgia Tech F11910
Harris BeckerAlabama AAuburn C11910
Kevin YeSFUUW B11910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltEdinburgh11910
Lucas GagenMiamiPurdue A120-5
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BWashU D12010
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)CWRU C (UG)12010
Kyan van BeekUF EUCF B12010
Ryan FangStanford AStanford M12110
Owen Edelson (DII)Kenyon A (UG)Michigan D (DII)121-5
Niru ShakyaFlorida Tech BFlorida Tech A12110
Percy YuenCambridge DOxford B12110
Sophie HughesDurham BBristol B12110
Jacob Tow (UG)Colorado CollegeVassar B12210
Ni Kundargi (DII)Michigan State B (UG)CWRU D (DII)1340
Eric YangPurdue AMiami13910
Sam HewittWashU CUChicago A13910
Devito Stevanus (UG)McGill ETexas B14110
Will HollisterLehigh APrinceton A14210
Sebastian VerasGeorgia Tech CGeorgia Tech D14310
Elijah Quan (DII)Michigan D (DII)Kenyon A (UG)14310
Luca Balescu (D2)Texas DOle Miss1430
Chris LevesleyWarwick ABirmingham14310