Victor Hugo - 2025 ACF Winter

Question

This author expounded on the idea of the grotesque and the principles of Romanticism in the preface to his almost-unperformable play Cromwell. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this author who inspired a “Battle” named between Romantic and Classic drama with his play Hernani.

ANSWER: Victor Hugo [or Victor-Marie Hugo]

[10e] In this novel by Hugo, Monsieur Gillenormand complains about people watching performances of Hernani. The Romantic Jean Prouvaire appears in this novel in which Inspector Javert pursues Jean Valjean.

ANSWER: Les Misérables

[10m] This author preceded the debut of Hernani with his Romantic play Henry III and His Court. This author wrote a novel in which the title character is imprisoned in the Château d’If (“deef”).

ANSWER: Alexandre Dumas [or Alexandre Dumas, père; reject “Alexandre Dumas, fils”] (The novel is The Count of Monte Cristo.)

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Summary


California	Main	Y	5	22.00	80%	80%	60%
Canada	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Florida	Main	Y	13	18.46	100%	77%	8%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	6	11.67	83%	33%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Midwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	80%	0%
North	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	60%	20%
Northeast	Main	Y	5	14.00	60%	80%	0%
Overflow	Main	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
Pacific Northwest	Main	Y	12	19.17	100%	83%	8%
South Central	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	22.50	100%	92%	33%
UK	Main	Y	4	17.50	75%	100%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	20.00	88%	88%	25%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	8	18.75	100%	75%	13%
2025 ACF Nationals	2025-08-09	Y	14	18.57	100%	71%	14%
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley	04/19/2025	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%

Data


Stanford A	Berkeley D	10	10	0	20
Berkeley E	Stanford B	0	10	10	20
Berkeley A	Berkeley F	0	10	10	20
Berkeley B	Stanford C	10	10	10	30
Berkeley C	UCSC	10	0	10	20
UCLA A	UCLA D	0	10	10	20
Toronto E	McMaster B	0	10	0	10
Guelph B	Queen's B	0	10	10	20
McGill C	McGill B	0	10	10	20
McMaster A	Guelph A	0	10	10	20
Queen's A	Carleton	0	10	0	10
Toronto A	Toronto D	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Ottawa	0	10	10	20
McGill A	Toronto C	0	10	10	20
Toronto F	Toronto J	0	10	10	20
Toronto I	Toronto K	0	10	10	20
Toronto Metropolitan	Toronto G	0	10	10	20
Waterloo	Western Ontario	0	10	0	10
ERAU B	Melbourne B	0	0	0	0
UCF B	FIU	0	10	10	20
UF B	FSU	0	10	0	10
Melbourne A	UF C	0	10	0	10
UCF A	UF D	0	10	10	20
USF	ERAU A	0	10	0	10
Toronto H	McMaster C	0	10	10	20
CWRU D	CWRU B	0	10	10	20
CWRU C	Pitt C	0	10	0	10
Kenyon A	MSU A	0	10	0	10
CWRU A	OSU A	0	10	0	10
OSU B	Kenyon B	0	10	10	20
OSU C	Pitt B	0	10	10	20
Pitt A	OSU D	10	10	0	20
North Carolina B	Clemson A	0	10	10	20
NC State	Clemson B	0	10	10	20
North Carolina C	James Madison	0	10	10	20
North Carolina A	Tusculum	0	10	0	10
Roanoke	Liberty C	0	10	10	20
South Carolina B	Liberty B	0	10	10	20
Virginia A	South Carolina A	0	10	10	20
Liberty A	Virginia B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Virginia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Virginia Tech A	Tennessee B	0	10	0	10
George Mason A	Notre Dame E	10	10	0	20
Catholic University	George Mason B	0	10	0	10
George Mason C	George Washington B	0	10	0	10
Georgetown A	George Washington A	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins A	Georgetown B	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins C	Johns Hopkins B	0	10	10	20
Maryland A	Maryland C	10	10	10	30
Maryland D	UMBC A	0	10	0	10
NYU A	VCU A	0	10	10	20
Penn A	NYU B	0	10	10	20
Columbia A	Swarthmore A	0	10	10	20
Columbia B	Rutgers C	0	0	10	10
Rutgers B	Columbia C	0	10	10	20
Princeton A	Rowan A	0	10	10	20
Vassar A	Lehigh B	0	0	0	0
Missouri B	SIUE	0	10	10	20
WashU A	WashU C	0	10	10	20
Missouri A	William Woods	10	10	10	30
Truman State	WashU D	0	10	10	20
Illinois A	UIC	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Chicago C	0	10	0	10
Chicago D	Illinois B	0	10	10	20
Illinois C	Kentucky	0	10	0	10
Michigan C	Indiana B	0	10	10	20
Chicago A	Notre Dame A	10	10	10	30
Notre Dame B	Notre Dame C	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Notre Dame D	0	10	10	20
Michigan A	Purdue A	0	10	10	20
Michigan D	Purdue B	0	10	10	20
Louisville B	Purdue C	0	10	10	20
Carleton	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Macalester B	Minnesota B	0	10	10	20
St. Thomas	Minnesota C	10	10	0	20
Minnesota A	Nebraska	0	10	10	20
Macalester A	Wisconsin	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Michigan B	0	10	10	20
BC A	Amherst B	0	10	10	20
Amherst A	BC B	10	10	10	30
MIT A	BU	0	10	10	20
Brown C	Bowdoin A	10	10	10	30
Tufts A	Brandeis Clemenceau	0	10	10	20
Bowdoin B	Brandeis Orlando	0	10	0	10
Brandeis Wilson	Dartmouth	0	10	10	20
Brown A	Yale A	10	10	10	30
Cornell-UG	Brown B	0	10	10	20
Harvard	Tufts B	10	10	10	30
Brandeis Lloyd George	Williams	0	10	10	20
MIT B	Yale B	0	10	10	20
Arizona State A	Northwestern C	0	10	10	20
Alberta B	Northwestern B	0	10	10	20
Rose State	McGill D	0	0	0	0
Northwestern A	Texas A	10	10	10	30
Texas B	Tulsa	10	10	10	30
UCO	Iowa	0	10	10	20
UTD A	Ohio	0	10	10	20
Arizona State B	UTD B	0	10	10	20
British Columbia C	Alberta	0	10	10	20
Simon Fraser	British Columbia D	0	10	10	20
Washington A	British Columbia A	0	10	10	20
British Columbia B	Washington B	0	0	10	10
Huntsville B	Alabama A	0	10	0	10
Georgia Tech D	Auburn B	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech B	Georgia Tech C	0	10	0	10
Alabama B	Sewanee A	0	10	10	20
UAB A	Georgia Tech A	0	10	10	20
Bruin A	Vanderbilt B	0	10	10	20
Vanderbilt A	Mississippi State A	0	10	10	20
Auburn A	Huntsville A	10	10	10	30
Warwick A	Birmingham A	0	10	10	20
Bristol A	Oxford A	10	10	10	30
Bristol B	City St George's A	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Edinburgh A	0	10	10	20
Sheffield B	Edinburgh B	0	10	0	10
LSE A	Imperial A	10	10	0	20
Imperial B	Imperial C	0	10	10	20
Manchester B	Cambridge D	0	10	10	20
Cambridge A	Southampton A	0	10	10	20
Southampton B	LSE B	0	10	0	10
Cambridge B	Oxford B	0	10	10	20
Warwick B	Durham A	0	10	10	20
Sheffield C	Durham B	0	10	0	10
Manchester A	Sheffield A	0	10	10	20
Binghamton B	Binghamton A	0	10	0	10
Cornell-DII	Syracuse	0	10	10	20
ESF	RIT A	0	10	10	20
RIT B	Rochester	0	10	0	10