Question

Late in this novel, a character who sports a beaver hat and a gold toothpick pays a legal fee by counting out two dollars in pennies. A boy in this novel receives an unwanted bucket of molasses months after he throws down 70 cents to save face over being rescued from an icy creek. An adaptation of this novel is “the only film that could be shown in Harlem without arousing unintended laughter” according to the title essay of (*) Ralph Ellison’s Shadow and Act. A stream-of-consciousness passage from this novel states that “whenever he wants it,” “every Southern boy fourteen years old” can imagine the instant (10[1])before Pickett’s charge. In this novel, Miss Eunice Habersham helps the white teenager (-5[1])Chick Mallison exonerate a Black farmer who had earlier saved his life. For 10 (10[1])points, (10[1])Lucas Beauchamp appears (10[1])in what mystery novel, (-5[1])a quasi-sequel to Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner? ■END■ (10[2]0[4])

ANSWER: Intruder in the Dust (The Ellison essay is actually titled “The Shadow and the Act.”)
<Nick Jensen, American Literature>
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Summary

2023 Chicago Open08/05/2023Y967%0%22%134.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Ethan StrombeckTeam Name Think DetailThe Canadians10510
Andrew HartBHSUHang et al., Robert Browning118-5
Jordan BrownsteinThe Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host ClubQuasicrystal Silence13210
John LawrenceCurse you, Periplus the Platypus![moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled?13310
Mitch McCullarDon't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid TooRomanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill13610
Jerry VinokurovTeach Us to Outgrow Our LadnessSaint Peter Andre 3000140-5
James OreficeHang et al., Robert BrowningBHSU15010
Vedul PalavajjhalaI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big troubleremembrance of lost time1500
Connor Mayersremembrance of lost timeI prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble1500
Halle FriedmanIn Search of Things PastEvans Hall destruction awaiters1500
Taylor HarveySaint Peter Andre 3000Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness1500
Rahul KeyalThe anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.)wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp15010