Question

A character in this story concludes that the desire for the soul’s transmutation is as foolish as imagining a great future for a violin case after the violin has broken. That man in this story is rankled by a military commander and a superintendent for speaking against a proposed expansion to a building during a town council meeting. A man in this story falls into debt after being dragged out on a vacation to (-5[1])Warsaw by a boisterous (*) postmaster. This story’s main character debates about Diogenes, the Stoics, and the meaning of suffering with Ivan Gromov. At the end of this story, a man questions his morals when he’s thrown into the same place (10[1])where he had treated five mental patients. For 10 points, name this story about the doctor Andrey Ragin, written by Anton Chekhov. ■END■

ANSWER: Ward No. 6” [or “Palata No. 6”; or “Palata nomer shest”]
<Darren Petrosino, European Literature>
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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y333%0%0%123.00
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