Question

After one of these events, a character conducts what is euphemistically called “his first experiment in the Art of (-5[1])Love” with the maid Aroma. During one of these events, a character listens to a song suite titled for“Golden Days” and reads a couplet beginning “Truth becomes fiction when the fiction’s true.” A novel’s fifth chapter describes (15[1])one of these events in which a character reads allegorical poems about the 12 Beauties of Jīnlíng in the Land (-5[1])of (*) Illusion. (10[1])In most translations, (10[1])this kind of event titles a novel in which a priest and a monk take a piece (10[1]-5[1])of Nǚwā’s heavenly (10[1]-5[1])wall (-5[1])to the mortal world. In that novel titled for this sort of event, Jiǎ Bǎoyù (10[1])is born (10[2])with a piece of jade (-5[1])in his mouth. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[2])a Cáo (10[2])Xuěqín novel is often translated as what sort of event“of the Red Chamber?” (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: dreams [or mèng; accept Dream of the Red Chamber, A Dream of Red Mansions, or Hónglóu Mèng; prompt on The Story of the Stone or Shítou with “What sort of event provides the other common title?”] (All clues use volume one of the Hawkes translation, Golden Days.)
<Literature - World Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y667%0%50%115.25
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%25%0%108.00
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%25%136.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y7100%0%14%128.86
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%33%113.33

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eshan PantNYU ABard19-5
Raymond ChenToronto Penguin World WarWaterloo Cali5615
Kevin ParkClaremontBelmont76-5
Moses KitakuleColumbia BPrinceton7810
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeTruman State8110
Ani PerumallaPenn State AIowa9810
Jonah SchwartzWUSTL JSIUE98-5
Charles HangWUSTLOhio10110
Shourjo GanguliOhio StateMichigan A101-5
Evan SchleckGathererRutgers102-5
Andre WongColumbia CNYU B11710
William OrrYaleLehigh A11910
Tony ChenToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowlToronto Pilk11910
Jack RadoColumbia ANYU C124-5
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AUSN A12710
Jack LewisMTSUGeorgia Tech C12710
Amith PunyalaWUSTL AWUSTL C12710
Jared HeWaterloo BustToronto Sprout12710
Biyang ZhangMichigan AOhio State13010
Ishan JoshiOttawaToronto cDNA13010
Jonathan ShaufNorth CarolinaMichigan B13210
Ryan HappelSIUEWUSTL J13210
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLGeorgia Tech B14510
Lexi TermanRutgersGatherer1470
Cody CoonBardNYU A14710
Jeff GuanNYU CColumbia A1470
Sam MacchiVassarPenn State B14710
Leo TaoMichigan CCase Western14710
Leo TaoMichigan CCase Western14710
Lauren BrownBelmontClaremont14710