Question

This novel’s protagonist disguises herself with a mask at a gambling house in Pumpernickel, Germany. The narrator of this novel asks “which of us is happy in this world?” before ending this novel’s frame story of a puppet show. This novel opens with its protagonist throwing a copy of Johnson’s dictionary out of a carriage. (10[2])After George Osborne (-5[1])dies at Waterloo in this (10[1])novel, (10[1])his widow Amelia Sedley dedicates her life to his memory. An “antiheroine” graduates from Miss Pinkerton’s (10[1])Academy in this novel, which (10[1])takes its name from a location in Pilgrim’s Progress. For 10 points, (10[1])name this novel about Becky Sharp by William Makepeace (10[1])Thackeray. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Vanity Fair
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Quinn WhitlowIllinois DSIUE5410
David MathewPurdue AWashU A5410
Davis JohnsonPurdue CIowa A57-5
Noah McRedmondNotre Dame BIllinois C6210
Sam AlahiIllinois AIndiana6310
Sam KonkelChicago ANorthwestern B7910
Sam HewittWashU BChicago B8410
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BNotre Dame C9610
Jacob PuthipirojNorthwestern AIllinois B10510
Grace EarlyIowa APurdue C10710

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY580%0%20%84.50
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY7100%0%0%78.00
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%0%89.80
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY989%0%11%70.88
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY8100%0%0%88.38
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%82.80
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%13%86.75
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%78.22