Question

This author claimed that his “prettiest contribution” was his master’s thesis on the “Shapes of Stories” in (10[1])his memoir (10[1])Palm (-5[1])Sunday. (10[1])Harry (10[1])takes on different (10[1])personas (10[1])based on his acting role (10[1])in this author’s story “Who Am I This Time?”, which appears (10[1])in a collection whose title story is about a society with (10[1])“Ethical Suicide (10[1])Parlors.” (10[1])This author wrote a story in which the title character (10[1]-5[1])shouts, “I am the Emperor!” to a ballet (10[1])and a (10[1])man (10[2])winces at a “twenty-one-gun (10[2])salute” (10[1])in his (10[1])head. (10[2])This author’s collection Welcome (10[1])to (-5[1])the (10[1])Monkey House (10[1])includes a story (10[1])set when “everybody (10[1])was finally equal” in which (10[1])the Handicapper (10[3]-5[1])General shoots the title (10[2])14-year-old prison (10[1])escapee. (-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, name this (-5[1])author of “Harrison Bergeron,” (10[1])who also wrote about the firebombing of Dresden (10[2])in Slaughterhouse-Five. (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]
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Charles YoungColumbia APenn State A1810
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Jack CaseyUIUC CUChicago B2110
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Stephen WalshNorthwestern ANotre Dame6510
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Roan DowlingIowaMissouri7310
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Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard ARowan A7610
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan A7610
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APenn B8010
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan BOhio State B (DII)8010
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Arvin BoraghiCambridge CManchester8810
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Owyn NoblePurdue CWashU C10910
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