Question

A woman in this collection eats just a few grains of rice at each meal (-5[1])because she devours corpses at night. In this collection, three women living alone invite a porter to witness a sexually-charged ritual that involves whipping their dogs. A character in this collection tells two men about the rings she collected from each of the 98 men she slept with. By pouring hot oil (10[1])in jars (10[1])where (10[1])criminals (10[1])are hiding, Morgiana (10[2])wins her freedom in a story in this collection found in Richard Burton’s obscene translation. After discovering his wife’s infidelity, a king in this collection’s frame story takes virgins to bed and executes them in the morning (-5[1])until Dunyazad’s sister keeps leaving him in suspense. For 10 points, name this collection of tales narrated by Scheherazade that feature (10[1])Sinbad and Ali Baba. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Arabian Nights [or One Thousand and One Nights; or The Arabian Night’s Entertainment; or Kitāb ‘alf layla wa layla]
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2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia11/11/2023Y989%0%22%85.75

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Karsten RynearsonYale AVassar14-5
Aum MundheRutgers AColumbia B6610
Eshan PantNYU APrinceton A6810
Ashish KumbhardareRowan ANYU B6910
Nathan ZhangCornell CColumbia A7010
Danny HanPenn ARutgers B7310
Ethan FurmanHaverfordPrinceton B7310
Yixi YangYale CPenn B110-5
Thomas DoyleVassarYale A13110
Cyrus HodgsonBard AColumbia C13610
Vincent ZhangPenn BYale C1360