Question

The narrator of a dramatic monologue about a “lazy laughing languid” character places gold coins into this substance. This substance was the “first gold” according to the sonnet “Body’s Beauty,” which describes it surrounding Adam’s heart. An author trying to recover a manuscript supposedly found that this substance had filled Elizabeth Siddal’s coffin after her death, an event later linked to a poem that describes seven stars in this substance. Lacking money, (*) Laura trades a “tear (-5[1])more rare (-5[1])than pearl” and this substance for fruit in “Goblin Market.” This substance is made into (10[1])a constellation at the end of a poem in which a Sylph is sliced in half trying to protect it from the Baron. For 10 points, name this physical feature that is cut to signify Belinda’s violation in Alexander Pope's “The Rape of the Lock.” ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: golden hair [or a lock of hair; or a woman’s hair; prompt on locks before “Lock”] (The first sentence refers to Dante Gabriel Rossetti's “Jenny.” Rossetti also opened Siddal's coffin, and wrote “the stars in her hair were seven” in “The Blessed Damozel.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzParth et al.75-5
Milan FernandezMilan et al.Cameron et al.77-5
Henry AtkinsNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleThe Passion According to C.H.9210
Cameron AminiCameron et al.Milan et al.13810
David SnoddonParth et al.The Vulture's Guide to Buzz13810

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%96.50
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2023 BHSU @ Yale04/08/2023Y3100%0%33%109.33
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