Question
A poem by this non-Polish author describes the title character experiencing “a sudden dart of pain / stitching her eyes before she made a sound” before asking “who will grieve for this woman?”; that poem is “Lot’s Wife.” This poet claims “I’d like to call you all by name, but the list / Has been removed” in the “Epilogue” section of one poem. This author describes a place where “misfortune had abandoned us” at the beginning of a poem in which a blue-lipped woman asks “Could one ever describe this?” and the speaker responds “I can.” “Weep not for me, mother” begins the “Crucifixion” section of a poem by this author that opens with a prose section titled “Instead of a Preface.” For 10 points, name this Russian author who described the imprisonment of her son Lev in the long poem Requiem. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Richard Niu | Cornell C | Penn B | 62 | 10 |
Forrest Weintraub | Columbia A | Princeton B | 84 | 10 |
Aiden Dartley | Rutgers A | Columbia C | 92 | 10 |
Alex Moon | Penn A | Yale C | 93 | 10 |
Karsten Rynearson | Yale A | Haverford | 95 | 10 |
Eshan Pant | NYU A | Rowan A | 104 | 10 |
Jack Rado | Columbia B | NYU B | 121 | 10 |
Andrew Minagar | Yale B | Bard A | 142 | 0 |