Question

A novel by this author, whose ninth chapter reads, “Because he missed it. He missed it completely,” is partially narrated by the sewing machine agent V. K. Ratliff. A character created by this author, who repeats “It won’t balance” about an object (10[1])formed by the “Chuck Chuck Chuck” of an adze, (10[3])has his broken leg cast (10[1])in cement.A (10[2])girl (10[1])impregnated (10[3])by the farmhand (10[2])Lafe (10[2])is (-5[1])scammed out (10[1])of abortion-inducing medicine (10[4])in a novel (-5[1])by this author, (10[4])who paired The Town and The Hamlet in a trilogy about the Snopes (10[1])family. (10[1])A man (10[1])buys false teeth in a novel by this (10[1])author (10[1])in which Vardaman says, “My mother is a fish.” (10[8])Cash (10[1])slowly builds (10[1])a coffin for his mother in a novel by this author set in (10[1])Yoknapatawpha (-5[1])County. (10[4])For 10 points, name this author (10[1])who wrote about the Bundren family in As I Lay Dying. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: William Faulkner [or William Cuthbert Faulkner]
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Summary

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Omer KeskinOxford AManchester4110
Will LockeTennesse BClemson A5010
Era GunawanPurdue BMiami5010
Seraphina CharlotteCambridge AImperial A5010
Nathaniel HullBerkeley ABerkeley B5510
William HoustonUChicago BSIUE A5710
Yahwanth Bajji (DII)Michigan AMichigan State A5710
Collin Leck (D2)Central OklahomaVassar A5810
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech BGeorgia Tech E5910
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech D5910
Braden Booth (D2)MissouriMississippi State5910
Noah McRedmondNotre DameIndiana A6210
Max HodesUChicago APurdue C6210
Conner YamnitzWashU CUIUC D6310
Hayden WillettPurdue DWashU D6310
Ted WarnerBristol ACambridge B64-5
Ethan AltshulEmory BSouth Carolina A6610
Ryan FangStanford AStanford L6910
Arjun KalaUIUC BIndiana B6910
Biyang Zhang (UG)Michigan BCWRU D (DII)6910
Tai Belke (DII)UBC BSFU6910
Abby SmithBerkeley CStanford M72-5
Clark QuenzlerGeorgia Tech FAuburn B7510
Jack CaseyUIUC CNorthwestern A7510
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Pitt A7510
Eshan Pant (D2)NYU ATexas C7510
Alexander Tenace (D2)ArkansasTexas B8810
Jisoo YooTexas AColorado College8910
Russell Nip (UG)UBC AUW A9110
Albert NyangLSE ACambridge C9910
Nolan JonesPurdue AWashU B10010
Bob FreedmanGeorgia AAlabama A10910
Malachi LedfordTusculum AGeorgia Tech C10910
PeterOSU CKenyon A10910
Roan DowlingIowaTexas D10910
Dylan Dexter (D2)Ole MissOregon State10910
Ben LaFondCambridge BBristol A10910
Alessandro D'TtaasioCam DDurham A10910
Gavin MarkoffVanderbiltLSE B10910
Michael WuSouthampton BWarwick A11010
Arthur Zhang (D2)NYU BMcGill E11210
Meredith Wiper (DII)CWRU B (UG)Michigan D (DII)12510
Sai Subramanian (DII)CWRU A (UG)CWRU C (UG)126-5
Michal GerasimiukStanford MBerkeley C12710
Will Jones (DII)Michigan State C (UG)Michigan C (UG)12710
Yaj Jhajhria (DII)UW BAlberta12710
James CarrigyEdinburghBristol B12710
Luke ZhangEmory AAuburn C13310
Arjun Saulnier (DII)CWRU C (UG)CWRU A (UG)14510
Zosia MikolajczukSouthampton ABirmingham14510
Benjamin WatsonOxford BImperial B14510