Question

In a novel from this country, the village of “Love Letter” is part of a map of the country of Tenderness. After the death of her husband and the king, the protagonist of a novel from this country refuses to consummate her affair and lives half her life in a convent. In an epistolary novel from this country, a music teacher joins the Knights of Malta after killing a viscount [vigh-count] in (-5[1])a duel. So-called (15[1])“precious” writers from this country created (15[1])genres translating as “novel (*) stream” and “novel with a (10[3])key.” Early (10[1])novels (10[1])from this country include The Princess of Cleves and (-5[1])Dangerous (10[5])Liaisons. The (10[2])title character of a novella from this country travels to El Dorado, survives the Lisbon (10[1]-5[1])Earthquake, and (10[2]-5[1])learns “We must cultivate our garden.” For 10 (10[1])points, early novelists in what country (10[1])include the author of (10[2])Candide, (10[1])Voltaire? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: France [or the Kingdom of France; or le Royaume de France; accept the Republic of France; accept la République française] (The unnamed novel is Clélie by Madeleine de Scudéry. Dangerous Liaisons is by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.)
<Literature - European Literature>
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Summary

2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%17%17%108.83
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%0%94.50
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%0%50%131.25
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%17%17%104.83
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%114.67

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Teigue KellyPenn State AIowa State72-5
William OrrYaleColumbia B7515
Charles HangWUSTLOhio State8115
Jack RadoColumbia APrinceton9010
Roan DowlingIowaNorth Carolina9010
Gareth ThorlaksonToronto SproutToronto Tony Jingyu Chen eats quizbowl9010
Caleb OttWaterloo BustToronto Pilk9210
Ishan JoshiOttawaToronto Penguin World War9310
Jack LewisMTSUVanderbilt A102-5
Kushal AluruRutgersLehigh B10310
Evan SchleckGathererNYU B10310
Andrew ZengStanfordMichigan A10310
Logan MathisSIUEWUSTL C10310
Marcus Forbes-GreenToronto cDNAWaterloo Cali10310
Guy IndoranteIowa StatePenn State A10510
Gabe ForrestSquidward Community CollegeWUSTL A10510
Andre WongColumbia CLehigh A120-5
Kevin ZhengMichigan BPenn State B12010
Matthew SumanenGeorgia Tech BClaremont122-5
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN AGeorgia Tech A12210
Kevin ParkClaremontGeorgia Tech B12210
Young Fenimore LeeOhioMichigan C13010
Fred GarveyTruman StateWUSTL J13610
Jeff GuanNYU CBard14010
Gavin MarkoffVanderbilt AMTSU14010
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLBelmont14110
Eddie FuhrerLehigh AColumbia C14210