A Passage to India - 2025 ACF Fall

Question

In this novel, Cyrus Fielding’s opinion that the title place is a “muddle” is rejected by Mrs. Moore. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this novel, where a broken pair of glasses at the Marabar Caves becomes a key piece of evidence at the rape trial of Dr. Aziz.

ANSWER: A Passage to India

[10e] A Passage to India contrasts “muddles” with this word. A genre of fiction named for this word stars crime-solving detectives such as Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot (“air-COOL pwah-ROH”).

ANSWER: mysteries [accept mystery fiction]

[10m] Instead of writing mystery fiction, this author of A Passage to India wrote social critiques such as Howards End and A Room with a View.

ANSWER: E. M. Forster [or Edward Morgan Forster]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	7.50	25%	50%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	18.89	89%	67%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	4	5.00	25%	25%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	19.00	60%	70%	60%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	16.67	33%	67%	67%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	15.56	78%	44%	33%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	20.00	78%	89%	33%
North	Main	Y	4	10.00	50%	25%	25%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	18.18	82%	64%	36%
South Central	Main	Y	6	11.67	67%	33%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	22.50	67%	83%	75%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	12.00	80%	20%	20%

Data


UCSC	Berkeley Boss Bandit	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Archer Queen	Berkeley Little Prince	0	10	0	10
Berkeley Mighty Miner	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley Skeleton King	Stanford A	0	10	0	10
Ottawa B	McGill C	0	0	0	0
Carleton A	McGill B	0	0	10	10
McGill A	McGill E	0	10	10	20
Ottawa A	Carleton B	0	0	0	0
Waterloo C	McMaster A	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	McMaster C	10	10	10	30
Brock A	Toronto E	0	10	0	10
Guelph A	Waterloo B	10	10	10	30
McMaster B	Toronto G	10	0	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto H	0	10	0	10
Toronto B	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
Waterloo A	Queen's A	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Toronto F	0	10	10	20
Florida A	Florida State A	0	0	0	0
Florida B	ERAU Daytona A	0	0	10	10
Florida Tech A	UCF A	0	0	0	0
Florida Tech B	South Florida A	0	10	0	10
Louisville D	CWRU D	10	10	10	30
CWRU C	Louisville C	10	10	10	30
Louisville B	Kentucky	0	0	10	10
Michigan A	Ohio State B	10	10	10	30
Michigan B	Ohio State C	10	10	10	30
Michigan State C	Pittsburgh	0	0	0	0
Louisville A	Michigan State D	10	10	10	30
Michigan State A	Ohio State D	10	0	10	20
WVU A	Michigan State B	0	0	0	0
WVU B	CWRU A	0	10	0	10
Duke A	William & Mary A	10	0	10	20
UNC B	JMU B	10	0	10	20
Liberty A	Virginia Tech A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech C	Liberty B	10	10	10	30
Virginia A	Liberty C	10	0	10	20
NCSU B	Virginia Tech B	0	10	0	10
UNC A	Tusculum A	10	0	10	20
JMU A	UNC C	0	10	0	10
NCSU A	William & Mary B	10	0	0	10
George Mason A	Columbia A	10	10	10	30
George Mason C	Maryland A	0	10	0	10
Lehigh A	Columbia B	0	10	0	10
Maryland C	Rowan	0	10	0	10
George Mason B	NYU B	10	0	10	20
Penn	NYU C	0	0	0	0
Maryland B	Rutgers A	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Stony Brook	0	10	10	20
Vassar A	Rutgers B	0	10	0	10
Illinois Blue	Purdue D	10	0	10	20
Iowa A	Chicago B	0	10	10	20
WashU Grolars	Illinois Canada	10	10	10	30
Illinois Champaign	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Illinois Orange	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Illinois Urbana	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Rose-Hulman A	0	10	10	20
WashU Grizzlers	Purdue C	10	0	10	20
Iowa B	William Woods University A	0	10	0	10
Macalester	St. Thomas	0	10	0	10
Minnesota	Wisconsin B	0	0	0	0
Iowa State	Wisconsin C	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin A	Michigan Tech	10	10	10	30
Brown B	Brandeis Mozart	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Bach	Dartmouth B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth C	Amherst A	0	10	0	10
Williams A	Harvard	10	0	10	20
Boston College B	MIT B	0	10	0	10
Tufts A	MIT A	0	10	10	20
Boston University A	Tufts C	0	10	10	20
UConn A	Boston University B	0	0	10	10
Dartmouth A	Vermont B	10	10	10	30
Williams B	Vermont A	0	10	0	10
Brown A	Williams C	0	10	0	10
Central Oklahoma B	Murray State College B	0	10	0	10
Murray State College A	Nebraska C	10	10	10	30
Nebraska B	Kansas State B	0	0	0	0
Oklahoma	Tulsa A	0	0	10	10
Central Oklahoma A	Rose State	0	10	0	10
Nebraska A	Kansas State A	0	10	0	10
Auburn C	Clemson C	0	10	0	10
Chipola College	Tennessee A	10	10	10	30
Vanderbilt A	Clemson B	10	0	10	20
Emory A	Montevallo	10	10	10	30
Georgia A	Vanderbilt C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Alabama A	10	0	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech D	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Sewanne	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech E	Auburn A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech F	Auburn B	0	10	0	10
Mississippi State A	Vanderbilt B	10	0	10	20
Clemson A	Tennessee B	10	0	10	20
ESF	Cornell C	0	10	0	10
Cornell A	Binghamton B	0	10	0	10
Binghamton A	Cornell B	10	10	10	30
Rochester	Cornell D	0	10	0	10
Binghamton C	RIT B	0	0	0	0