Gwangju Uprising - 2026 ACF Regionals

Question

In a novel set in the aftermath of this event, a former prisoner recalls being tortured by having a pen jammed into his fingers. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this historic event. In the same novel, an editor was slapped seven times in the face for a manuscript detailing this event which, alongside the death of Kang Dong-ho, is seen through seven different points of view.

ANSWER: Gwangju Uprising [or Gwangju Massacre]

[10m] The Gwangju Uprising is depicted in Human Acts, a novel by this author. In another novel by this author, Yeong-hye pretends to be a tree in the forest after having a nervous breakdown.

ANSWER: Han Kang

[10e] The first chapter of Human Acts uses this perspective when addressing Dong-Ho. The odd-numbered chapters of Italo Calvino’s If on a Winter Night a Traveler use this uncommon perspective that directly addresses the reader.

ANSWER: second person

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Summary


California (North)	Main Site	Y	3	23.33	100%	100%	33%
California (South)	Main Site	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Canada	Main Site	Y	12	17.50	100%	67%	8%
Florida	Main Site	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Great Lakes	Main Site	Y	4	25.00	100%	100%	50%
Midwest	Main Site	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
Overflow	Main Site	Y	4	22.50	100%	100%	25%
South Central	Main Site	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main Site	Y	8	16.25	100%	63%	0%
UK	Main Site	Y	12	14.17	100%	33%	8%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main Site	Y	8	21.25	100%	75%	38%
Upstate NY	Main Site	Y	4	12.50	100%	25%	0%

Data


Berkeley A	Stanford B	10	10	10	30
Berkeley B	Berkeley C	0	10	10	20
UCSD C	UC Irvine	0	0	10	10
UCLA A	UCLA B	0	10	10	20
Arizona State	UCSD A	0	0	10	10
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	0	10	10	20
Brock	Simon Fraser	0	10	10	20
UBC B	Guelph	0	10	10	20
Carleton University	McGill A	0	10	10	20
Toronto G	McGill B	0	0	10	10
McMaster A	Ottawa	10	10	10	30
Toronto B	Waterloo A	0	10	10	20
Waterloo B	Toronto E	0	10	10	20
Toronto F	Western B	0	0	10	10
McMaster B	Toronto Metropolitan	0	10	10	20
UBC A	Queen's	0	10	10	20
Toronto D	Western A	0	0	10	10
Western C	Toronto C	0	0	10	10
Stanford A	Berkeley D	0	10	10	20
Central Florida A	Central Florida B	0	10	10	20
Central Florida C	Florida A	0	10	10	20
Florida C	Florida B	0	10	10	20
Michigan C	CWRU A	0	10	10	20
CWRU B	Michigan State	10	10	10	30
Ohio State A	Michigan A	0	10	10	20
Michigan B	Pittsburgh	10	10	10	30
Northwestern B	Chicago A	0	10	10	20
Chicago B	Indiana C	0	0	10	10
Notre Dame A	Chicago C	0	10	10	20
Purdue A	Chicago D	0	0	10	10
Purdue B	Chicago E	0	0	10	10
Illinois B	Notre Dame B	0	10	10	20
Indiana A	Indiana B	10	10	10	30
Illinois A	Northwestern D	0	10	10	20
Carleton College	Washington A	0	10	10	20
Claremont	Washington B	0	10	10	20
Minnesota A	Iowa State	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech A	Missouri B	10	10	10	30
Murray State A	Texas A&M A	0	10	10	20
WashU B	Alabama B	0	10	10	20
Tennessee A	Georgia Tech B	0	10	10	20
Bruin	Georgia Tech C	0	10	10	20
Georgia Tech D	Louisville B	0	10	10	20
Louisville A	Kentucky	0	0	10	10
Cambridge A	Bristol	0	10	10	20
Cambridge C	Southampton B	0	0	10	10
Cardiff	City St. George's	0	0	10	10
Durham	Birmingham	0	0	10	10
Edinburgh A	Imperial A	10	10	10	30
Montpellier	Edinburgh B	0	0	10	10
Imperial B	LSE	0	0	10	10
Warwick B	Imperial C	0	0	10	10
Manchester	Oxford A	0	0	10	10
Oxford B	Oxford C	0	0	10	10
UCL	Southampton A	0	10	10	20
Warwick A	Cambridge B	0	10	10	20
Johns Hopkins B	Georgetown	0	0	10	10
Johns Hopkins A	NYU C	10	10	10	30
Swarthmore	Maryland A	0	10	10	20
Maryland B	Columbia C	10	10	10	30
NYU A	Vassar	0	10	10	20
NYU B	Columbia A	10	10	10	30
Columbia B	Rutgers A	0	10	10	20
Rutgers B	Catholic	0	0	10	10
Binghamton A	Rochester	0	0	10	10
Binghamton B	Cornell C	0	0	10	10
Cornell B	Penn State	0	10	10	20
RIT	Cornell A	0	0	10	10
Texas A	Texas B	0	10	10	20
Mississipi State	Sewanee	0	0	10	10
Vanderbilt B	Tennessee B	0	0	10	10
Alabama A	WashU A	0	10	10	20