Question

A character from this family loves “some concept of” this family’s honor “precariously and temporarily supported by [a] minute fragile membrane.” When a boy asks a girl from this family, “did you love them did you love them,” she responds, (10[1])“When they touched me I died.” A character from this family is told to hold his hand to his sister’s throat and repeat her former lover’s name. An appendix on this family’s servants ends with the phrase “They (10[1])endured.” (10[4]-5[1])A boy in this family (10[3])thinks (-5[1])variations of the phrase “Father I have committed,” (10[1])while reflecting on his false confession that he impregnated his sister, who was actually (10[1])impregnated (-5[1])by (10[1])Dalton Ames. (10[2]-5[2])Shreve (10[1])is the roommate of a member of this family who drowns himself in the Charles River. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 points, name this fictional family that includes Jason, Benjy, Quentin, and Caddy, (10[1])who are the center of The Sound and the Fury. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: Compson family [accept Caddy Compson or Candace Compson; accept Quentin Compson; accept Benjy Compson or Benjamin Compson; accept Jason Compson]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y2195%0%29%102.85

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Collin AceRutgers BOhio State A4010
Quynh PhungPurdue AFlorida A7810
Anson BernsBrown AClaremont A7910
Arya KarthikGeorgia Tech ADuke A79-5
Arjun NageswaranHarvard AVanderbilt A7910
Matt JacksonChicago ARutgers A7910
Wenying WuToronto ASouth Carolina A7910
Tim MorrisonStanford AGeorgia Tech B8410
Daniel SheinbergYale AWUSTL B8410
Nathan ZhangCornell AUC Berkeley A8410
Grace LiuMIT AFlorida B85-5
Karsten RynearsonYale BColumbia B9310
Robert CondronChicago CMichigan A10710
Puna EkkaMinnesota BCornell B108-5
Connor MayersMaryland AHouston A10910
John John GrogerColumbia AMcGill A11110
Jim FanNorth Carolina AJohns Hopkins A111-5
Mitch McCullarIllinois APenn State A111-5
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AIndiana A11110
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AMinnesota A11210
Ashish SubramanianDuke AGeorgia Tech A12810
Conor ThompsonIowa State AImperial A128-5
Alex SchmidtPenn State AIllinois A14210
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins ANorth Carolina A15210
Rosa XiaCornell BMinnesota B15310
Tiffany ZhouFlorida BMIT A1530
Enoch YuenImperial AIowa State A15310