Question
A man in this novel urges, “Do not suffer life to stagnate” since “distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.” A lecturer in this novel who compares reason to the sun and fancy to a meteor ignores all his teachings when his daughter dies of a fever. After a discourse on the nature of the soul held in some catacombs, this novel ends with a “conclusion, in which nothing is concluded.” Critics debate the contemporaneous claim that this novel was written in a week to pay for the (*) funeral of its author’s mother. This novel’s protagonist, who engages in a multi-chapter debate in which he supports marriage over celibacy, seeks to make his own “Choice of Life.” In Jane Eyre, Helen Burns is introduced while reading this novel. With Imlac and Nekayah, this novel’s protagonist escapes to Cairo from the Happy Valley. For 10 points, name this novella framed as a history of the title “Prince of Abissinia” by Samuel Johnson. ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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John Lawrence | Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | 75 | 15 |
Matt Jackson | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | 75 | -5 |
Mike Sorice | Team Name Think Detail | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | 121 | 10 |
JinAh Kim | The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | 128 | 10 |
Alexander Nero | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | Hang et al., Robert Browning | 133 | 10 |
Tracy Mirkin | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | I would prefer not to | 142 | 10 |
Mitch McCullar | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | Quasicrystal Silence | 162 | 10 |
Ethan Ashbrook | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | In Search of Things Past | 162 | 10 |
Ali Hamzeh | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | 166 | 0 |
John Marvin | remembrance of lost time | The Canadians | 166 | 10 |