Question

This author claimed that he opened a copy of Augustine’s Confessions after reaching a location called Filiolus, or “Little Son.” One of this author’s Epistolae familiares describes his recreational climb of Mont Ventoux (“vun-TOO”). This author described meeting a woman on Good Friday in a church in Avignon; that woman is often speculated to have the real-life surname de Noves (“day NOH-vess”). A poem opening (10[1])“You who hear the sound, in scattered rhymes” gave a common title to this author’s poetry collection Il Canzoniere, which describes his love (10[1])for a woman named Laura. For 10 points, what Italian (10[2])poet and humanist gave his name to a form of the sonnet? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Petrarch [or Francesco Petrarca; accept Petrarchan sonnets]
<Literature - European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Patrick Torre (DII)MarylandUniversity of Delaware A6110
Ivy Chen (DII)PrincetonSwarthmore A8410
Geoffrey Wu (UG)Columbia ANYU B9410
Kaiden Carey (DII)PennLehigh9410
Keegan Martin (UG)NYU ARowan10710
RioNYU CDelaware B1070
KatyDelaware BNYU C10710

Summary

2023 ACF Fall (Rutgers)10/14/2023Y6100%0%0%91.17