Lady Chatterley’s Lover - 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell

Question

This novel’s title character travels to Venice to visit her sister Hilda where she has an affair with the abstract painter Duncan Forbes. For 10 points each:

[10m] Name this novel in which the title character, formerly named Constance Reid, cheats on her war-paralyzed husband Clifford with the gamekeeper of the Wragby estate, Oliver Mellors.

ANSWER: Lady Chatterley’s Lover

[10e] This British author wrote Lady Chatterley’s Lover as well as the novel Sons and Lovers.

ANSWER: D. H. Lawrence [or David Herbert Lawrence]

[10h] In the D.H. Lawrence novel The Rainbow, a member of this family has a lesbian affair with her teacher Winifred. Sisters Ursula and Gudrun are members of this family who also feature in the novel Women in Love.

ANSWER: Brangwen family [or Brangwen sisters; accept Ursula Brangwen and Gudrun Brangwen]

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Summary


2024 ACF Fall at Cornell	fall	Y	8	8.75	50%	38%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State	fall	Y	8	15.00	75%	63%	13%
2024 ACF Fall at Washington	fall	Y	6	8.33	33%	50%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Georgia	fall	Y	10	12.00	60%	50%	10%
2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina	fall	Y	9	6.67	44%	22%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges	fall	Y	5	12.00	60%	60%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers	fall	Y	7	10.00	57%	43%	0%
2024 ACF Fall at Illinois	fall	Y	9	8.89	56%	33%	0%

Data


Cornell A	Binghamton A	0	0	0
RIT A	Binghamton B	0	10	10
ESF	Cornell D	0	0	0
RIT B	Cornell F	10	10	20
Cornell G	RIT C	0	0	0
Penn State	Binghamton C	10	10	20
Cornell E	Syracuse	0	10	10
Cornell C	U of Rochester B	10	0	10