Question
In a book by an author with this first name, Sophia adopts a cat named Moppy while living on an island with her grandmother. For 10 points each:
[10h] Give this first name of the author of The Summer Book. Another author with this first name published a trilogy of memoirs titled in English as Childhood, Youth, and Dependency.
ANSWER: Tove (“TOH-vuh”) [accept Tove Jansson or Tove Marika Jansson; accept Tove Ditlevsen or Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen]
[10m] In a Tove Ditlevsen story titled for these objects, Helene suspects that her son has been seduced by her housekeeper. An angel curses Karen after she brings these objects to church in a story from another Danish author.
ANSWER: shoes [accept “The Red Shoes” or “De røde sko”; accept “The Little Shoes” or “De små sko”] (The other author is Hans Christian Andersen.)
[10e] Childhood recounts how a young Tove was gifted a collection of tales by these German authors, including the stories “Iron Hans,” “Rapunzel,” and “Hansel and Gretel.”
ANSWER: Brothers Grimm [or Grimm Brothers; or die Brüder Grimm; or die Gebrüder Grimm; accept Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm; accept Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm in place of “Jacob”; accept Wilhelm Karl Grimm in place of “Wilhelm”]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Nationals | 04/22/2023 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
Data
| Johns Hopkins A | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Yale A | McGill A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Ohio State A | Columbia A | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Stanford A | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |