Question

This novel is dedicated to “the Spirit, without whose assistance neither this book nor I would have been written.”A character in this novel repeats “Hell no” when offered a job by the Mayor’s wife, Miss Millie. This novel’s narrator starts a pants-making business after moving to Tennessee with a character known as the Queen Honeybee; that character is a blues singer named Shug Avery. This novel’s protagonist enters an abusive marriage with (-5[1])“Mister”after being assaulted by her father Alphonso, which she describes in a series of letters addressed “Dear God.” (10[1])For 10 points, Celie’s life and sexuality in rural Georgia is depicted in what epistolary novel by Alice Walker? ■END■

ANSWER: The Color Purple
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Emily Bussa (UG)MarylandUniversity of Delaware A71-5
Ivy Chen (DII)PrincetonSwarthmore A8910
Edward Zhou (DII)NYU ARowan11010
Andrea Ladino (UG)NYU BColumbia A11110
Daniel Shannon (DII)University of Delaware AMaryland1110
Vincent Zhang (DII)PennLehigh11110
RioNYU CDelaware B11110

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y683%0%17%106.40