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A novel-within-a-novel by this author features the sci-fi writer Alex Thomas, who had an affair with the narrator Iris Chase. This author described Nicole (10[1])working at The Clothes Hound and being recruited by the Pearl Girls in a covert mission to support the Mayday (10[1])group. (10[2])In another novel by this (10[1])author, one character finds a mock-Latin phrase that translates as “Don’t let the bastards grind you down” while (10[1])serving (10[1])in the house of Serena Joy. That novel by this author of The Testaments is set in the dystopian (10[1])Republic of Gilead where Offred is forced to produce children (10[1])as one of the title characters. For 10 points, name this Canadian author of The Handmaid’s Tale. ■END■

ANSWER: Margaret Atwood [or Margaret Eleanor Atwood] (The first line is from The Blind Assassin.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Maya KvaratskheliaNotre Dame ANorthwestern A2310
Sanika IyerIndianaWashU B4310
Brielle RachIowa APurdue A4410
Owen AshbrookIowa BPurdue B4410
William FosterChicago AWashU A4910
Quinn WhitlowIllinois DNotre Dame B6710
Danielle WebbSIUEPurdue C6810
Azura GollamudiNorthwestern BIllinois C8710
Max KoldaNotre Dame CChicago B9710

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