Question

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 while working at the Ladies’ Day magazine. This novel is set during the “queer, sultry summer” when “they executed the Rosenbergs.” After this novel’s protagonist attempts suicide, Doctor Nolan administers electroshock therapy at a mental hospital. For 10 points, name this semi-autobiographical novel about Esther Greenwood by Sylvia Plath. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: The Bell Jar (The character in the second line is Buddy Willard.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Orion HochCornell CCornell D37-5
Alec RisoCornell DCornell C9610

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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