Question
This novel’s protagonist often reflects on a memory of asking to borrow a pencil from a classmate. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this novel by Thomas Mann, in which Hans Castorp’s visit to his sickly cousin Joachim results in him staying at a Swiss sanatorium for seven years.
ANSWER: The Magic Mountain [or Der Zauberberg]
[10m] The Magic Mountain is an example of this type of novel, which depicts the protagonist’s development in their formative years. The term for this type of novel comes from the German for “education novel.”
ANSWER: Bildungsroman (“BILL-doongs-ro-MAHN”) [prompt on Coming of Age]
[10e] In The Magic Mountain, Hans leaves the sanatorium due to the outbreak of this war. Erich Maria Remarque’s novel All Quiet on the Western Front depicts fighting in the trenches during this war.
ANSWER: World War I [or The Great War or the First World War]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 2 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 67% | 67% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 10 | 24.00 | 100% | 90% | 50% |
Data
| Purdue B | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| SIUE | Chicago B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northwestern B | Illinois B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Illinois C | Iowa B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Northwestern A | Illinois D | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Notre Dame C | Notre Dame B | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Notre Dame A | Purdue A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Purdue C | WashU B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| WashU A | Indiana | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Iowa A | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |