Question
The first part of a collection by this author, “The Fields,” opens with the line, “Europe is lying propped up on her elbows.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author of the poetry collection Mensagem, or Message.
ANSWER: Fernando Pessoa [or Fernando António Nogueira Pessoa]
[10m] Mensagem contains a poem titled for this person that begins “Myth – nothing, everything.” In a poem by a different author, this person wishes “To strive, to seek, to find, but not to yield.”
ANSWER: Ulysses [or Odysseus] (The other poem is “Ulysses” by Tennyson.)
[10e] Pessoa hails from this Iberian country, whose national epic is The Lusiads by Luís de Camões (“Cah-moysh”).
ANSWER: Portugal [or Portuguese Republic; or República Portuguesa]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 20.00 | 100% | 88% | 13% |