Question
In one essay, the author remarks how his childhood fears “rose up like a wall” in this specific location “and drove [him] into the church.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Give the exact five word phrase describing this location which was used for the title of a book by Ta-Nehisi Coates framed as a letter to his son.
ANSWER: between the world and me
[10e] Coates’ Between the World and Me takes its structure from The Fire Next Time, a book by this author of the novel Go Tell It on the Mountain.
ANSWER: James Baldwin [or James Arthur Baldwin; or James Arthur Jones]
[10h] Coates took the title of Between the World and Me from a poem by Richard Wright whose speaker finds some of these objects he calls “the thing.” These objects are the last word in the title of a Jesmyn Ward novel about Hurricane Katrina.
ANSWER: bones [accept Salvage the Bones; accept skull since Wright focuses mainly on the skull; prompt on human remains]
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Summary
| 2023 ILLIAC (Cornell) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 75% | 25% | 25% |
| 2023 ILLIAC (Mainsite) | 2023-10-21 | Y | 8 | 15.00 | 88% | 38% | 25% |