Question
The dash in the phrase “Then– the officer” implies that a woman with this title was violated by the Russian officer Count F-. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this noble title belonging to a widow in a novella by Heinrich von Kleist. A French libertine with the male version of this noble title wrote sexually explicit novels like Justine and The 120 Days of Sodom.
ANSWER: marquise [or marquis; or marquess; accept the Marquis de Sade; accept The Marquise of O– or Die Marquise von O....]
[10m] In this novel, the Marquise de Merteuil (“mair-TUH-ee”) becomes jealous after challenging her former lover, the Vicomte (“vee-KONT”) de Valmont, to write a letter detailing his conquest of the chaste Madame de Tourvel.
ANSWER: Dangerous Liaisons [or Les Liaisons dangereuses] (by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos)
[10h] This novel’s character of Mirzoza was based on Madame du Pompadour, who had the title of Marquise. In this Denis Diderot (“duh-NEE deed-ROH”) novel, a genie gives a sultan a ring that grants vaginas the power of speech.
ANSWER: The Indiscreet Jewels [or The Indiscreet Toys; or The Talking Jewels; or Les Bijoux indiscrets]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 21 | 16.67 | 100% | 52% | 14% |
Data
| Brown A | Claremont A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia A | McGill A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cornell B | Minnesota B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Duke A | Georgia Tech A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Vanderbilt A | Harvard A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| North Carolina A | Johns Hopkins A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago C | Michigan A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | Rutgers B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Minnesota A | Penn A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn State A | Illinois A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Chicago A | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Georgia Tech B | Stanford A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| WUSTL A | Indiana A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yale A | WUSTL B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Yale B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| MIT A | Florida B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Maryland A | Houston A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UC Berkeley A | Cornell A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Florida A | Purdue A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Iowa State A | Imperial A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| South Carolina A | Toronto A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |