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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 (10[1]-5[1])avocados while working at the Ladies’ Day magazine. (10[1])This novel is set during the “queer, sultry summer” (10[1])when “they executed (10[1])the Rosenbergs.” After this novel’s protagonist attempts suicide, Doctor Nolan administers electroshock (10[1])therapy at a mental (10[1])hospital. (10[1])For 10 points, name this semi-autobiographical (-5[1])novel about Esther Greenwood by Sylvia Plath. (10[3]0[3])■END■

ANSWER: The Bell Jar (The character in the second line is Buddy Willard.)
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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
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