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Question

Censored novels set in this city include a novel about its bohemians and a novel about the decline and prostitution of the title woman, Albertine. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this “singular city,” the setting of a novel in which the narrator keeps writing the year 1848 and almost eats a pencil. In that novel, the narrator wanders the streets of this city and pursues a woman he names Ylajali (“ee-la-YAH-lee”).

ANSWER: Oslo [or Christiana; or Kristiania; accept Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen or From Christiania’s Bohemia] (The novels in the lead-in are Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen by Hans Jæger and Albertine by Christian Krohg.)

[10m] George Egerton was accused of bowdlerizing a Knut Hamsun novel set in Oslo titled for this phenomenon. This phenomenon titles a story about an artist who works in 40-day periods before being replaced by a panther.

ANSWER: hunger [or Sult; accept “A Hunger Artist” or “Ein Hungerkünstler”]

[10e] Hamsun published his final literary work, On Overgrown Paths, while in custody for his support for this man and his political party. Karl Ove Knausgård referenced this man’s manifesto with his series My Struggle.

ANSWER: Adolf Hitler

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Canada	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	12	13.33	92%	33%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	71%	29%
Midwest	Main	Y	8	15.00	75%	63%	13%
North	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	70%	10%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	80%	20%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	60%	20%
South Central	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
UK	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	15.71	86%	71%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southern California	Main	N	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	N	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	N	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	N	5	12.00	100%	0%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
Midwest	Main	N	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Northeast	Main	N	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Pacific	Main	N	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main	N	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

Data


Berkeley B	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
USC	Claremont Scripps	0	10	10	20
UCLA C	UCLA B	0	0	10	10
UCSB	UCI	0	0	10	10
UCSD Two Running Violet V Forms	Claremont Pitzer	0	0	10	10
UCSD Vices and Virtues	UCSD What Hath God Wrought	0	10	10	20
Berkeley E	UCSC	10	10	10	30
Stanford B	Berkeley F	0	10	10	20
Stanford C	Berkeley A	0	0	10	10
Berkeley C	Stanford A	0	10	10	20
Guelph A	Ottawa	0	10	10	20
Queen's A	Guelph B	0	0	10	10
McMaster A	McMaster B	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	Queen's B	0	0	10	10
McGill A	Toronto A	0	0	10	10
Toronto C	Toronto D	0	10	10	20
Toronto I	Toronto F	0	0	10	10
McGill B	Toronto H	0	0	10	10
Toronto E	Toronto J	0	0	10	10
Western Ontario	Toronto K	0	0	0	0
Toronto B	Toronto Metropolitan	10	10	10	30
McMaster C	Waterloo	0	0	10	10
UF A	ERAU A	0	0	0	0
UCF B	UF C	0	10	10	20
UCF A	UF B	0	10	10	20
OSU A	MSU A	0	10	10	20
OSU B	CWRU D	0	10	10	20
Pitt A	Kenyon B	10	10	10	30
OSU D	MSU B	0	10	10	20
Pitt B	CWRU C	0	0	10	10
CWRU A	Kenyon A	0	0	10	10
OSU C	Pitt C	10	10	10	30
Liberty C	Tennessee B	0	0	0	0
Clemson A	North Carolina C	0	0	10	10
South Carolina A	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
North Carolina A	Tennessee A	0	10	10	20
North Carolina B	Roanoke	10	10	10	30
Virginia Tech B	Virginia A	0	0	10	10
Virginia Tech A	Virginia B	0	10	10	20
Tusculum	Liberty B	0	10	0	10
George Mason B	Johns Hopkins C	0	10	10	20
Penn A	George Mason C	0	0	10	10
Maryland B	George Washington B	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	Catholic University	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	George Mason A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame E	Maryland C	0	0	10	10
NYU A	Maryland D	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Georgetown B	0	10	10	20
Georgetown A	UMBC A	0	10	10	20
VCU A	Penn B	0	0	10	10
Columbia A	Rutgers B	10	10	10	30
Lehigh A	Lehigh B	0	10	10	20
Vassar A	Princeton A	0	0	10	10
Rutgers C	Columbia C	0	10	0	10
Swarthmore A	Rowan A	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	Truman State	10	10	10	30
WashU A	SIUE	0	10	10	20
WashU D	WashU B	0	10	10	20
William Woods	Missouri B	0	0	10	10
Chicago A	Illinois B	10	10	10	30
Chicago B	Indiana A	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame C	Illinois A	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Chicago C	Indiana B	0	0	10	10
Louisville A	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	Notre Dame B	0	0	10	10
Purdue A	Michigan D	0	10	10	20
Purdue B	Chicago D	0	10	10	20
UIC	Purdue C	0	0	10	10
Carleton	Wisconsin	0	10	10	20
Nebraska	Macalester B	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	St. Thomas	0	10	10	20
Iowa State	Minnesota B	0	0	10	10
Macalester A	Minnesota C	0	0	10	10
Bowdoin A	Yale B	0	0	0	0
Alberta	Simon Fraser	0	0	10	10
British Columbia B	British Columbia A	0	0	10	10
British Columbia D	British Columbia C	10	10	10	30
Washington B	Washington A	10	10	10	30
Tulsa	Alberta B	0	0	10	10
UTD A	Arizona State A	0	0	0	0
Ohio	Northwestern C	0	10	10	20
Texas A	Iowa	0	10	10	20
Texas B	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Northwestern A	UCO	0	10	10	20
McGill D	Arizona State B	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Sewanee A	10	10	10	30
Bruin A	Georgia Tech A	10	10	10	30
Georgia Tech C	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	UAB A	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt A	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Alabama A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Huntsville A	0	10	10	20
Bristol A	Cambridge A	0	10	10	20
Warwick B	LSE B	0	10	10	20
Edinburgh B	Manchester B	0	0	10	10
RIT A	Cornell-DII	0	0	10	10
RIT B	Binghamton A	0	0	10	10
Rochester	Binghamton B	0	0	10	10
ESF	Syracuse	0	0	10	10