Question

The protagonist of a series by this author acquires “some landscapes by Hunt, Sully, and Hart” to begin his massive art collection after his marriage to Lillian Semple. A novel by this author ends with a “souvenir” that echoes its opening chapter by following a family of street preachers at dusk on a summer night. (10[1])The railcar tycoon Charles Yerkes (-5[2])was fictionalized (10[1])as Frank Cowperwood (10[3])(“cooper-wood”) in this author’s (10[2])Trilogy (10[1])of (10[1])Desire. (10[4])In (10[1])a novel by this author, (10[1])a hit-and-run by the bellhop Sparser (10[1])forces the protagonist to flee from Kansas (10[1])City (10[1])to Chicago, (10[2])then Lycurgus, (10[1])New York. (10[4]-5[1])The murder (10[1])of Grace Brown inspired (10[1])a novel by this author in which Roberta Alden is hit (10[1])with a (10[1])camera (10[1])and drowns in a lake, (10[1])leading to (10[1])the execution of Clyde Griffiths. (10[4])For 10 points, (10[1])name this author of An American (-5[1])Tragedy. (10[1])■END■ (10[16]0[9])

ANSWER: Theodore Dreiser [or Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser]
<Indiana A, American Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

California2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%99.67
Florida2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%109.33
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y6100%0%0%107.00
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y580%0%0%90.50
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%96.17
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%91.00
Northeast2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%120.40
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%20%117.80
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%73.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y367%0%0%88.50
UK2025-02-01Y989%0%11%117.75
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y786%0%14%109.33
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y250%0%0%128.00

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