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A man in this story exclaims, “change this minute!” as he feels beams and rafters pile on top of him. This story’s narrator consults the book Medicinal...something or other and a history book that repeats the words “Benevolence,” “Righteousness,” (15[1])and “Morality.” The story “One Day” and this story popularized a style of vernacular writing (15[2])after they appeared in the magazine New Youth. (15[1]-5[2])In this story, the protagonist’s (15[1])elder brother (15[1])deals with reports of a famine (15[1])from (15[1])(*) Wolf Cub Village. (10[2])The narrator (10[1])runs from a crowd with “green faces and (10[1])protruding fangs” in this story, (10[2])which ends with a plea to (-5[1])“save the children...” (10[7]-5[1])In (10[1])this (10[1])story, (10[2])the narrator is convinced (10[1])by the phrase “EAT (-5[1])PEOPLE!” (10[2]-5[1])that everyone he knows (10[1])is a cannibal. For 10 points, a Nikolai Gogol story (10[2])inspired (10[1])what short story about a mentally ill man (10[1])by Lu Xun? ■END■ (10[5]0[10])

ANSWER: Diary of a Madman” [or “A Madman’s Diary”; or Kuángrén Rìjì]
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