Question

A soldier in this conflict is depicted “musing o’er his scars, and wooden leg” in a poem that ends with the italicized phrase “famine and a name!” Another poem set in this conflict describes a future “born on the night-wind of the past” and a “word that shall echo forevermore!” The line “By the (10[1])rude bridge that arched the flood” opens a “Hymn” about a battle in this conflict by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Philip (-5[1])Freneau was often called the “Poet of” this conflict, which was also the setting of a poem whose title (-5[1])character “spread the alarm through every (10[3])Middlesex village and farm.” (10[3])For 10 points, what conflict is the setting of Longfellow’s poem “Paul Revere’s Ride?” (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: American Revolution [or American Revolutionary War or American War of Independence; prompt on Battle of Concord by asking “that was part of what wider conflict?”] (The poem in the first line is “The American Soldier” by Philip Freneau.)
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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY10100%0%70%113.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY8100%0%38%92.63
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%82.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%25%100.67
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%100.56
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%60%107.20
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%25%102.50
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%98.44

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Sophia MadrazoPurdue BIowa B5310
Sam KonkelChicago AWashU A73-5
Kennedy GallaherNotre Dame BIllinois D92-5
Emmett ChoChicago BNotre Dame C9810
Stephen HeritageNotre Dame ANorthwestern A9810
Davis JohnsonPurdue CSIUE9810
Trenton BurgessIndianaWashU B10210
Brielle RachIowa APurdue A10210
Timothy ChiuNorthwestern BIllinois C10210
Owen McCoyIllinois DNotre Dame B11610
Sebastian PujetWashU AChicago A11710