Question
This story’s narrator proclaims that “even in the grave all is not lost.” After he trips over his robe, the narrator of this story incorrectly counts the size of a room as fifty-two plus forty-eight paces. This story begins with the narrator “sick unto death with that long agony” as he is sentenced by pale and thin judges. This story ends with General (*) Lasalle grabbing the narrator’s arm as the French army enters Toledo and defeats the Inquisition, thus preventing the narrator’s execution by what he describes as a “destroying crescent.” For 10 points, the narrator is bound in a dungeon and subjected to a swinging, descending, hot metal axe in what Edgar Allan Poe story? ■END■
ANSWER: “The Pit and the Pendulum”
<Benjamin Chapman, Literature - American - Short Fiction> ~25965~ <Editor: Chandler West>
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Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Nathan Wu | Plymouth | Detroit Country Day | 44 | 20 |
Nick Murray | Detroit Catholic Central A | Thomas Jefferson B | 60 | 20 |