Question
This story concludes with a medium obtaining the testimony of a dead man. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this Ryūnosuke Akutagawa short story about the conflicting claims of witnesses surrounding a murder of a samurai.
ANSWER: “In a Grove” [or “Yabu no Naka”]
[10e] Another Akutagawa story titled for this animal’s “Thread” features the criminal Kandata attempting to climb out of Hell using a piece of web woven by one of these eight-legged animals.
ANSWER: spider [accept “The Spider’s Thread” or “Kumo no Ito”; prompt on bugs or insects or arachnids]
[10h] This Akutagawa story ends with the narrator’s plea for “someone [to] gently and kindly strangle me in my sleep.” The narrator of this story is tormented by visions of the title objects.
ANSWER: “Cogwheels” [accept “Spinning Gears” or “Hagurama”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 10 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
Data
| Purdue B | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Chicago B | SIUE | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois A | Iowa A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Northwestern B | Illinois B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois C | Iowa B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Illinois D | Northwestern A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Notre Dame C | Notre Dame B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Notre Dame A | Purdue A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Purdue C | WashU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| WashU A | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |