Question
In this short story, a character dodges the question “Are you sure you love him?” by saying “I’m sure I want to marry him.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this story in which a young pianist marries an older Frenchman. In this story, the protagonist’s mother saves her from a beheading after she disobeys her husband, who leaves her a ring of keys to his castle.
ANSWER: “The Bloody Chamber”
[10e] Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories is based on these types of stories, which were popularized by authors such as Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm.
ANSWER: fairy tales [or folk tales or folklore or fairy stories or magic tales or wonder tales; prompt on children’s stories or equivalents; reject “fables”]
[10m] The murderous husband in “The Bloody Chamber” was inspired by this author of Juliette. This author also wrote a novel about the graphic sexual exploits of four libertines who lock themselves in the Château de Silling.
ANSWER: Marquis de Sade [or Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade] (The novel is 120 Days of Sodom.)
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 78% | 11% |
Data
| Haverford | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Columbia B | Rowan A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Princeton A | Columbia C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Penn A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| NYU A | Bard A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Yale B | Rutgers A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Princeton B | Rutgers B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Penn B | Vassar | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Yale A | Yale C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |