Question
In a novel by this author, a doctor divorces his wife after eighteen years of unhappy marriage, though he still finds himself unhappy even when he gets to be with the nurse who had been his longtime mistress. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author. A lecturer causes an outbreak of hepatitis in revenge for being imprisoned for a weekend on fictitious charges in this author’s short story “Saboteur.”
ANSWER: Hā Jīn [or Jīn Xuěfēi; prompt on Ha]
[10h] Ha Jin set many of his works in this fictional Chinese city. This city is where Lin Kong works in the novel Waiting and where Mr. Chiu is mistreated by the police in the story “Saboteur.”
ANSWER: Muji City
[10e] Though Ha Jin was born in China, he emigrated as a student to this country. Maxine Hong Kingston’s memoir The Woman Warrior is primarily set in China and in this country.
ANSWER: United States of America [or USA; accept any underlined portion]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 33% | 33% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Maryland | 03/11/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Northwestern | 02/25/2023 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 83% | 33% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Neg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy Style | Parth et al. | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Milan et al. | The Passion According to C.H. | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| The Vulture's Guide to Buzz | Cameron et al. | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |