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A character with this profession hallucinates a woman flying and holding pitchforks while he walks down the street in a story collected in a “Notebook” by a “Young” person with this profession. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this profession of Polyakov, who shoots himself at a story’s end. In a story by another author, a member of this profession named Rabin argues about Stoic philosophy with Gromov.

ANSWER: doctor [or physician; or medicine; accept A Young Doctor’s Notebook] (The story in the lead-in is “Morphine.”)

[10e] Dr. Rabin rejects Stoicism in this author’s story “Ward No. 6.” Dmitri Gurov meets a woman who owns a white Pomeranian in a story by this author of The Seagull and The Cherry Orchard.

ANSWER: Anton Chekhov [or Anton Pavlovich Chekhov] (The story is “The Lady with the Dog.”)

[10m] “Morphine” and the collection A Young Doctor’s Notebook were inspired by this author’s experiences. In a novel by this author, a character says, “Manuscripts don’t burn” to a character who targets the organization Massolit.

ANSWER: Mikhail Bulgakov [or Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov] (The novel is The Master and Margarita.)

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California	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	50%	33%
Florida	Main	Y	11	15.45	91%	36%	27%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	17.14	100%	43%	29%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	15.56	100%	22%	33%
North	Main	Y	8	18.75	88%	63%	38%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	11	19.09	100%	64%	27%
South Central	Main	Y	2	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	9	24.44	100%	89%	56%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	22.86	100%	71%	57%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	16.25	100%	50%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Berkeley E	0	10	10	20
Stanford A	Berkeley F	0	10	10	20
Berkeley C	Stanford B	0	10	0	10
Berkeley D	Stanford C	0	10	10	20
Berkeley A	UCSC	10	10	10	30
Claremont Scripps	UCLA C	0	10	0	10
USC	UCI	0	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCSB	10	10	10	30
UCLA D	UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	0	10	10	20
Claremont Pitzer	UCSD Vices and Virtues	0	10	0	10
UCLA A	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	10	10	0	20
Queen's A	Guelph A	0	10	0	10
McGill A	McMaster C	0	10	0	10
McGill C	Toronto D	0	0	0	0
Toronto F	McMaster A	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto E	10	10	10	30
Toronto H	Toronto G	0	10	0	10
Ottawa	Toronto I	0	10	10	20
McGill B	Toronto J	0	10	0	10
Carleton	Toronto K	10	10	10	30
McMaster B	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	0	10
UCF B	UF A	0	10	10	20
Toronto C	Queen's B	10	10	10	30
UCF A	UF E	0	10	10	20
CWRU B	MSU B	0	10	0	10
OSU C	Kenyon A	0	10	10	20
OSU D	CWRU D	10	10	0	20
CWRU C	OSU A	0	10	0	10
Pitt A	OSU B	10	10	10	30
MSU A	Pitt B	0	10	10	20
CWRU A	Pitt C	0	10	0	10
Liberty B	Clemson B	0	10	0	10
James Madison	Liberty C	0	10	0	10
Roanoke	Liberty A	0	10	0	10
Tennessee A	NC State	0	10	10	20
Virginia B	North Carolina C	0	10	0	10
Virginia Tech A	North Carolina B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech B	South Carolina B	10	10	0	20
South Carolina A	North Carolina A	10	10	0	20
Virginia A	Tusculum	10	10	0	20
Maryland D	George Washington A	0	0	0	0
George Mason A	George Washington B	10	10	0	20
NYU A	Georgetown A	10	10	10	30
NYU B	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	Notre Dame E	0	10	10	20
Penn A	Johns Hopkins A	10	10	10	30
Catholic University	UMBC A	0	10	0	10
Georgetown B	George Mason C	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Columbia B	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Swarthmore A	0	10	0	10
Princeton A	Lehigh B	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	Vassar A	0	10	0	10
Rutgers C	Rowan A	0	10	0	10
WashU D	Missouri B	0	10	0	10
WashU C	Truman State	0	10	0	10
WashU A	WashU B	0	10	10	20
SIUE	William Woods	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Illinois C	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	Chicago B	10	10	10	30
Indiana A	Chicago C	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Michigan C	0	10	0	10
Michigan A	Kentucky	0	10	10	20
Michigan D	Louisville A	0	10	0	10
Notre Dame A	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Illinois B	Purdue B	0	10	0	10
Purdue C	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	UIC	10	10	0	20
Carleton	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Macalester B	Minnesota A	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Wilson	Yale B	10	10	10	30
Yale A	Amherst B	0	10	10	20
BC A	Tufts A	10	10	10	30
MIT A	Bowdoin B	0	10	10	20
Brown B	BU	0	10	0	10
Harvard	MIT B	10	10	10	30
Dartmouth	Tufts B	10	10	10	30
Williams	Amherst A	10	10	10	30
British Columbia C	British Columbia A	0	10	0	10
British Columbia D	British Columbia B	0	10	10	20
Washington A	Alberta	0	10	10	20
Washington B	Simon Fraser	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Clemenceau	Brown A	0	10	10	20
Alberta B	Texas B	10	10	10	30
Arizona State A	Ohio	10	10	10	30
Northwestern A	Iowa	0	10	10	20
Rose State	Arizona State B	10	10	0	20
Texas A	UCO	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Tulsa	0	10	0	10
McGill D	UTD B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech A	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Alabama B	Huntsville A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Mississippi State A	0	10	0	10
Bruin A	UAB A	0	10	0	10
Vanderbilt A	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt B	Huntsville B	10	10	0	20
Cambridge A	Imperial A	0	10	10	20
Cornell-DII	RIT B	0	10	0	10
RIT A	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Rochester	Syracuse	0	0	0	0