Question

This novel’s protagonist disguises herself with a mask at a gambling house in Pumpernickel, Germany. The narrator of this novel asks “which of us is happy in this world?” (10[1])before ending this novel’s frame story of a puppet show. This novel opens with its protagonist throwing a copy of Johnson’s dictionary out of a carriage. (10[1])After George Osborne (-5[1])dies at Waterloo (10[1])in this novel, (10[1])his widow Amelia Sedley dedicates her life to his memory. An “antiheroine” graduates from Miss Pinkerton’s (10[1])Academy in this novel, (10[1])which takes its name from a location in Pilgrim’s Progress. (10[1])For 10 points, name this novel about Becky Sharp by William Makepeace Thackeray. ■END■ (10[1])

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry BylinowskiAuburn AEmory Oxford2810
Pranav JohtiGeorgia Tech AGeorgia Tech E5410
Aaryan TomarGeorgia Tech CClemson B57-5
Varun VenkatagiriGeorgia AClemson A6010
Ethan AltshulEmory ASouth Carolina A6310
Hayes BrownFurmanAuburn C7910
Yuxuan LuVanderbilt ASouth Carolina B8310
Britton WebsterAlabama ASouthern9310
Griffin ElderTennessee AAuburn B10710

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2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY580%0%20%84.50
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY7100%0%0%78.00
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY683%0%0%89.80
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY989%0%11%70.88
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY8100%0%0%88.38
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%82.80
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2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%78.22