Question

This character is affectionately called a “cochon de lait” (“ko-SHAWN duh lay”) and praised for his legs, hands, and “real fingernails” while his grandmother “scans [him] narrowly.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Identify this character, whose apparent similarity to a “quadroon” boy fanning him with peacock feathers causes his father Armand to expel him and his mother from their home.
ANSWER: Désirée’s baby [accept the infant or child or son of Désirée Valmondé]
[10e] This author explored race relations in Creole Louisiana in her story “Désirée’s Baby.” This author also wrote The Awakening.
ANSWER: Kate Chopin [or Katherine O’Flaherty]
[10h] “A Story of Creole Life” is the subtitle of this George Washington Cable novel that explores the relationship between Honoré and his quadroon half-brother, also named Honoré.
ANSWER: The Grandissimes [or The Grandissimes: a Story of Creole Life]
<Chicago A, American Literature>

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Claremont BClaremont A0000
UC Berkeley AUC Berkeley B1010020
UCLAUCSD1010020
Michigan StateCarnegie Mellon B010010
Michigan DCase Western B010010
KenyonCase Western A010010
Ohio State AMichigan A1010020
Michigan BCarnegie Mellon A010010
Michigan COhio State B010010
Liberty AVirginia A010010
Liberty BLiberty C100010
DukeSouth Carolina010010
UNC CUNC D010010
UNC BWake Forest010010
William & MaryVirginia Tech A1010020
Indiana AChicago D010010
Illinois BWashU A010010
WashU BIllinois C1010020
Illinois AIndiana B10101030
Chicago CMissoui S&T010010
MissouriChicago B010010
Georgetown ANorthwestern B1010020
Georgetown BNotre Dame C010010
Stanford BIowa1010020
Northwestern ANotre Dame A010010
PurdueNotre Dame B1010020
AlbertaUBC010010
UW AUW B010010
Georgia Tech CBruin A1010020
Louisville AGeorgia Tech A010010
Alabama AVanderbilt A010010
Cambridge BCambridge C010010
Cambridge DSouthampton B010010
Oxford CCambridge E010010
Imperial ALSE010010
NYU CSouthampton A1010020
Oxford ACambridge A010010
Oxford BImperial B010010
ManchesterSheffield010010
BristolWarwick A010010
DurhamWarwick B0000