Question
One character in this novel attempts to get married to Cleotilde for a green card only to be arrested by the police at the courthouse. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this novel that opens with the protagonist getting her hair braided in Trenton. The protagonist of this novel runs the successful blog “Raceteenth.”
ANSWER: Americanah
[10m] Americanah was written by this Nigerian author who gave the TED Talk “The Danger of a Single Story.”
ANSWER: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
[10e] Adichie compiled emails to Ijeawele (“ee-jee-ah-WAY-lay”) about raising her daughter to support this general movement. A TEDx Talk given by Adichie states “We Should All Be” advocates of this ideology and to challenge gender stereotypes.
ANSWER: feminism [accept Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions; accept We Should All Be Feminists; prompt on gender equality or sexual equality by asking “what socio-political movement are those ideas associated with?”]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 18.75 | 100% | 63% | 25% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 83% | 83% | 17% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 12 | 19.17 | 100% | 58% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 40% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 89% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 78% | 11% |
Data
| Claremont B | UCLA C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Claremont C | UCLA D | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| UCLA E | UCLA B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Claremont A | UCSD | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| USC | UCLA A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |