Question

In a novel, this woman relays the story of how she found the skeletons of dead baby birds because her lover set a trap that dissuaded the older birds from returning to the nest. Seeing a lock of this woman’s hair on the floor, a man mixes strands of his hair with hers, and fits them into her locket. (-5[1])The narrator of a novel sees this woman’s name scrawled several times on a mildewy ledge, each time with a different (*) surname. A different man is distraught when that narrator (10[1])shuts the window the former believes this woman’s ghost is attempting to slip through. (10[2])This woman isolates herself while pregnant with the baby of Edgar Linton, (10[1])regretting how she told a low-class orphan that she couldn't marry him. For 10 points, name this woman who haunts her love interest Heathcliff from beyond the grave in Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Catherine Earnshaw [or Catherine Linton; or Catherine Heathcliff; accept Cathy, accept Catherine’s ghost or equivalents; prompt on Linton before mention; prompt on Earnshaw; reject “Cathy Linton”; reject “Heathcliff” alone]
<Darren Petrosino, British Literature>
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Michael Mays3HK1MMFoucoult's Penndulum58-5
Frances Clark-MurrayScottish, Irish, Both or NeitherEdinburgh8810
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Ben Russell JonesFour Neg OmeletteTabearnacle10210
Mark GrantBroken HeartsOld London Town11410
Sam MooreFoucoult's Penndulum3HK1MM14710

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2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%0%115.25
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