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The protagonist of this novel watches Mrs. Tomolillo being cut “like cloth” while giving birth at Yale Hospital. A character in this novel calls a poem “a speck of dust” before being sent to a sanatorium for tuberculosis. (-5[1])This novel’s protagonist gets food poisoning from crabmeat-stuffed avocados (10[1])while working (10[1])at the Ladies’ Day magazine. (10[1])This novel is set during the (10[1])“queer, sultry summer” when “they executed the Rosenbergs.” (10[1])After this novel’s protagonist attempts suicide, Doctor Nolan administers electroshock (10[1])therapy at a mental hospital. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this semi-autobiographical novel about Esther Greenwood by Sylvia Plath. (10[1]) (10[2])■END■

ANSWER: The Bell Jar (The character in the second line is Buddy Willard.)
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%100%96.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%22%73.33
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%29%85.14
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1283%0%25%75.30
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY989%0%0%66.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%13%72.57
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%70.78

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Sam KonkelChicago APurdue C37-5
Veronica FreundNotre Dame BIowa A4610
Max KoldaNotre Dame CNorthwestern A4810
David MathewPurdue ANorthwestern B5310
Sriram KoritalaIllinois AIllinois B5910
Waverly O'MalleyIowa BNotre Dame A6710
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BWashU B7710
Emmett ChoChicago BIndiana82-5
Elizabeth BowlingIndianaChicago B9510
Jack PirosIllinois CSIUE9610
Davis JohnsonPurdue CChicago A9610