Question

This short story’s protagonist interrupts a violin performance given by his sister for tenants at his house. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this novella by Franz Kafka which recounts Gregor Samsa’s transformation into an Ungeziefer (“OON-guh-tsee-fer”), or giant bug.
ANSWER: “The Metamorphosis” [or “Die Verwandlung”]
[10m] In a lecture on “The Metamorphosis,” this author and lepidopterist claimed Gregor was a beetle. This author of Pnin and Pale Fire titled his novel Ada or Ardor after his favorite butterfly.
ANSWER: Vladimir Nabokov [or Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov]
[10h] Gregor Samsa eventually starves to death, like the protagonist of this other Kafka short story. This story’s protagonist is a performer who is kept in a cage by an impresario, and is replaced by a panther after his death.
ANSWER: “A Hunger Artist” [or “Ein Hungerkünstler” or “A Fasting Artist” or “A Starvation Artist”]
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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY817.50100%38%38%
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY623.33100%100%33%
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1014.00100%30%10%
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY914.44100%33%11%
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2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY817.50100%38%38%

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Alabama AVanderbilt A1010020
Auburn CGeorgia Tech B100010
Emory OxfordEmory A100010
Georgia Tech AFurman1010020
Georgia Tech CBelmont100010
Georgia Tech DTennessee A1010020
Georgia Tech EMississippi State A100010
South Carolina BSouthern1001020
Clemson BTennessee B100010
Auburn BVanderbilt B100010