Question

After leaving a sitting-room, this story’s protagonist sleeps with the lights on, afraid that he will find pictures of George Washington and John Calvin above his bed. At the end of this story, its protagonist imagines “the blue of Adriatic water, the yellow of Algerian sands” before dropping back “into the immense design of things.” The protagonist of this story first recognizes the idea of a “vocation” while spending all his free time around the actor (*) Charley Edwards. Afraid of being shot as a burglar, this story’s protagonist hides in the basement after sneaking into his own home on Cordelia Street. In this so-called “Study in Temperament,” a former usher spends eight profligate days (10[1])at the Waldorf-Astoria before jumping in front of a train. For 10 points, the title Pittsburgh native absconds to New York with stolen money in what Willa Cather story? ■END■

ANSWER: Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperament”
<Tim Morrison, American Literature>
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2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y1100%0%0%113.00