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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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 44% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 38% | 38% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 6 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 10 | 14.00 | 100% | 30% | 10% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 14.44 | 100% | 33% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 5 | 22.00 | 100% | 80% | 40% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 38% | 38% |
Data
| VCU | Appalachian State B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| UNC B | Duke A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| UNC D | James Madison B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Virginia Tech A | Liberty A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Tusculum | Liberty C | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| NC State | Virginia Tech B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Duke B | UNC A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Appalachian State A | UNC C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| William & Mary | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |