Question

One essay compares this character and his creator to two ships who “pass close enough to hail” but are “too busy even to wave.” The protagonist of a novel is bewildered by this character’s insistence on killing harmless apes and making clothes from their skin. In a novel, this character claims laws exist only “to hold us in check when our desires grow immoderate” and frustrates a woman with his insistence on building terraces when there is nothing to plant. This character and his creator are the subjects of the Nobel lecture “He and His Man.” After (10[1])this character dies from a fever, (-5[1])his female companion (10[1])asks his real-life creator to write about him, but he refuses (10[1])because (-5[1])it (-5[1])is too boring. (-5[1])In a 1986 novel, this character and his servant (-5[1])meet Susan Barton (10[1]-5[2])after she washes (10[4])up (10[1])on their island. (10[1]-5[1])For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])J. M. Coetzee’s novel Foe (10[3]-5[1])retells the story of what shipwrecked (10[1])sailor created by Daniel Defoe? (10[2])■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Robinson Crusoe [or Robinson Crusoe; prompt on Robin]
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2023 ACF Nationals04/22/2023Y22100%0%41%141.45

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Grace LiuMIT ADuke A9610
Justin ChenNYU AClaremont A102-5
Wenying WuToronto AWUSTL A10510
Todd MaslykMichigan APenn State A11610
Jim FanNorth Carolina AImperial A117-5
Shahar SchwartzUC Berkeley AChicago B118-5
Justin HawkinsIndiana APurdue A121-5
Clark SmithOhio State AMcGill A130-5
Matt JacksonChicago AHarvard A13310
Karsten RynearsonYale BSouth Carolina A133-5
Anuttam RamjiUC Berkeley BRutgers B133-5
Darren PetrosinoRutgers AHouston A13610
Caleb KendrickMaryland AMinnesota A13610
Tim MorrisonStanford ABrown A13610
Seth EbnerJohns Hopkins ACornell A13610
Tomás Aguilar-FragaClaremont ANYU A13710
Jisoo YooTexas AYale A140-5
Morgan BozemanMinnesota BNorthwestern A14010
Quynh PhungPurdue AIndiana A14210
Vedul PalavajjhalaWUSTL BColumbia A14310
Andrew HannaVanderbilt APenn A148-5
Michał GerasimiukYale ATexas A14810
William GrogerColumbia BFlorida A14810
Guy IndoranteIowa State AVirginia A14810
Henry CafaroChicago CFlorida B15410
Benjamin McAvoy-BickfordPenn AVanderbilt A15910
Collin AceRutgers BUC Berkeley B15910
Cormac BeirneMcGill AOhio State A16010
Michael MaysImperial ANorth Carolina A16010
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth Carolina AYale B16010
Amogh KulkarniChicago BUC Berkeley A16010