A journal editor from this country nicknamed “Jazz” decides to drink himself into poverty in the novel Havoc. In a sequel titled for a book from this country, a Harvard sophomore sets out to lose her virginity and takes a class reading André Breton’s Nadja [na-juh]. A writer from this country explained the concept of irony by proposing that Aristophanes’ play The Clouds was the most faithful portrayal of Socrates. In a philosophical novella from this country, the narrator describes his efforts to manipulate a woman named (*) Cordelia into falling in love with him, then into breaking their engagement. A book from this country uses a fictional diary of a seducer named Johannes to illustrate the “aesthetic life.” For 10 points, name this home country of the author of Either/Or, Søren Kierkegaard [sore-in keer-kuh-gard]. ■END■
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| Jack Rado | Columbia A | Columbia C | 36 | -5 |
| William Orr | Yale | Bard | 36 | -5 |
| Eshan Pant | NYU A | NYU B | 36 | -5 |
| Shourjo Ganguli | Ohio State | Case Western | 44 | -5 |
| Andrew Zeng | Stanford | Michigan C | 59 | -5 |
| Roan Dowling | Iowa | Vassar | 69 | 15 |
| Tony Chen | Toronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl | Ottawa | 69 | 15 |
| Jonathan Shauf | North Carolina | Penn State A | 83 | 15 |
| Calvin Bostleman | Ohio State | Michigan C | 97 | -5 |
| Leo Tao | Michigan C | Ohio State | 110 | 0 |
| Jack Lewis | MTSU | Belmont | 112 | 10 |
| Matthew Sumanen | Georgia Tech B | USN A | 112 | -5 |
| Gabe Forrest | Squidward Community College | WUSTL J | 112 | 10 |
| Micah Colman | Waterloo Bust | Waterloo Cali | 112 | 10 |
| Raymond Chen | Toronto Penguin World War | Toronto Sprout | 117 | -5 |
| Charles Hang | WUSTL | Michigan A | 120 | 10 |
| Moses Kitakule | Columbia B | Gatherer | 129 | 10 |
| Kevin Park | Claremont | Vanderbilt B | 129 | 10 |
| Kunaal Chandrashekar | Toronto cDNA | Toronto Pilk | 129 | 10 |
| Jeremy Cummings | WUSTL | Georgia Tech C | 130 | 10 |
| Ryan Happel | SIUE | WUSTL A | 130 | 10 |
| Eddie Fuhrer | Lehigh A | Lehigh B | 131 | 10 |
| Guy Indorante | Iowa State | Penn State B | 131 | 10 |
| Zaid Asif | NYU B | NYU A | 134 | 10 |
| Cody Coon | Bard | Yale | 134 | 10 |
| Andre Wong | Columbia C | Columbia A | 134 | 0 |
| Lexi Terman | Rutgers | NYU C | 134 | 10 |
| Elijah Quan | Michigan C | Stanford | 134 | 0 |
| Enina Edosomwan | Case Western | Ohio State | 134 | 10 |
| Ophelia Cherry-Pulay | USN A | Georgia Tech B | 134 | 10 |
| Collin Nadarajah | WUSTL C | Truman State | 134 | 10 |
| Gareth Thorlakson | Toronto Sprout | Toronto Penguin World War | 134 | 10 |