Question

In a story by this author, a character paints “beauties” for a Persian shopkeeper in exchange for opium to cure his insomnia. No one attends the funeral of an artist, who (10[1])cuts his throat (-5[1])with a razor (10[1])after a prostitute declines (10[2])his marriage proposal, (10[1])in a story by this author. (-5[1])A (10[1])story (10[1])by this author (10[1])ends with a policeman following (10[1]-5[1])a giant-fisted (10[1])ghost until it confronts him. (10[2]-5[1])A (10[1])“certain clerk” (10[1])from a “certain department” (10[2]-5[1])develops a (10[1])delirious fever (10[1])after (10[1])being berated (10[1])by (-5[1])a “Person of (-5[1])Consequence” (10[4])in a story (10[2])by this (10[1]-5[1])author. (10[4]-5[1])The title object is wrapped (10[1])in cloth (10[2]-5[1])and (10[1]-5[1])thrown (10[2])off (10[1])the St. Isaac’s Bridge (10[1])in a story by this author (10[1])before it is found in a loaf of bread by (10[1])a (10[1]-5[1])barber. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[6]0[1])name this author, (10[1])whose many stories set in St. Petersburg (-5[2])include “Nevsky Prospekt,” “The Nose,” (10[3]-5[1])and (10[2])“The Overcoat.” (10[3]) (10[5])■END■

ANSWER: Nikolai Gogol [or Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol]
<European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Will McCurleyAuburn ATusculum A3010
Charles YoungColumbia ARowan A33-5
Omer KeskinOxford ACambridge A3610
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech BAlabama A4010
Arjun KalaUIUC BIndiana A4010
Mitch McCullarPenn State AJohns Hopkins B4310
Lucas JohnsWarwick ADurham A49-5
David BassJohns Hopkins APenn B5010
Olin BoseColumbia BPenn A5110
Michael WuSouthampton BBirmingham5410
Eve FleisigBerkeley CStanford A5910
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan B59-5
Albert NyangLSE AImperial A6110
Parker McCoigTennesse AEmory A66-5
Truman Fillbrandt (UG)UW AUBC B6610
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltBristol B6610
Ariel FaederPitt AOhio State B (DII)6710
Cohen WiegersEmory AGeorgia A6910
Michal GerasimiukStanford MBerkeley A7310
Braeden LaRocheSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech A73-5
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU ATexas A7310
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriVassar A7510
Katherine LeiStanford LBerkeley B7710
Danny TranTennesse BGeorgia Tech D7810
Towery McNeil (D2)Mississippi StateWUSTL A8010
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech EAlabama A81-5
Erin ChenUBC AAlberta84-5
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CSouth Carolina A8510
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard ALehigh A8510
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Michigan State A8510
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaMcGill E8510
Alvin GuoUChicago CPurdue A8810
Aden SunUChicago APurdue B8810
Nitish SudhakarGeorgia Tech BTennesse A90-5
Sam McNameeNotre DameWashU C9010
Arunn SankarGeorgia Tech CEmory B91-5
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech A9110
Neal JoshiWashU BUIUC A9110
Kevin YeSFUUW B9110
Andrei HuiCambridge BCambridge C9110
Cohen WiegersEmory ATennesse A9610
Ethan FurmanHaverford APenn State B98-5
Will Jones (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)9810
Will Jones (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Kenyon A (UG)9810
NaditaCWRU DCWRU C99-5
Ni Kundargi (DII)Michigan State B (UG)Michigan C (UG)9910
Austin GuoPrinceton APenn A10010
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BMichigan A10010
Brynn JonesOregon StateNYU B10110
Logan MathisSIUE AUIUC C10510
Malachi LedfordTusculum AClemson A11110
Davis JohnsonPurdue DMiami12110
TJ PickeringAuburn BAuburn C122-5
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BRutgers C12210
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FGeorgia A12310
Alex ThomasGeorgia Tech EAuburn B12310
Nermeen RahmanIndiana BUIUC D12310
Roan DowlingIowaTexas B12310
Alex WyrickTennesse AGeorgia Tech B12610
Ethan AltshulEmory BGeorgia Tech C12610
Robert MerchantAlabama AGeorgia Tech E12610
Brandon HuntAuburn CAuburn B1260
Michael ZhouGeorgia Tech ASouth Carolina A12610
Victor BenderPenn State BHaverford A12610
Kai MadgwickManchesterBristol A12610
Alexander Tenace (D2)ArkansasTexas D12910
Ryan SharpeLSE BDurham B136-5
George PurkissWarwick BEdinburgh136-5
Alina MooreTennesse BEmory B14110
Ethan AltshulEmory BTennesse B141-5
Sophia MadrazoPurdue CWashU D14110
Zayyan MahmoodSouthampton AOxford B14110
Ben AtchisonCambridge DImperial B14210
James CarrigyEdinburghWarwick B14210
Alex WongRutgers APenn B14410
Liam MarklandAlbertaUBC A14410
Bella ThomasDurham AWarwick A14410
John ShellyRowan AColumbia A14510
Daniel Huang (DII)Michigan D (DII)Kenyon B (DII)14510
Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CColorado College14510
Thomas Doyle (UG)Vassar BOle Miss14510
Sophie HughesDurham BLSE B14510