Question

A character in this novel drunkenly describes a man who ate sixty monks during a series of famines. A woman in this novel changes the initials emblazoned on a shield to those of the protagonist’s love interest while she mockingly recites a poem about a “poor knight.” This novel’s protagonist exchanges crosses with a friend who later tries to stab him, leading him to fall down a flight of stairs. In this novel, the protagonist’s (*) wild gesticulating at a dinner party results in him accidentally breaking a Chinese vase. This novel ends as the protagonist loses his mind and returns to a Swiss sanatorium upon (-5[1])discovering that his ex-fiancée Nastasya Filippovna (-5[1])was murdered by his friend Rogozhin. For 10 points, name this novel about the epileptic Prince Myshkin, written by Fyodor Dostoevsky. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: The Idiot
<HG, European Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mattias EhatammWaterlooOttawa B104-5
Raymond ChenToronto Ray of Sun in the SkyOttawa C110-5
James WangOttawa AMcDouble West-Carleton1320
Ian ChowMcDouble West-CarletonOttawa A1320
Ishan JoshiOttawa BWaterloo13210
Aedan CooperOttawa CToronto Ray of Sun in the Sky13210

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2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%0%60%114.40
2023 ARCADIA at UC BerkeleyPremiereY1100%0%0%83.00
2023 ARCADIA at Carleton UniversityPremiereY367%0%67%132.00
2023 ARCADIA at RITPremiereY1100%0%0%86.00
2023 ARCADIA at WUSTLPremiereY3100%0%33%115.00