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 CornellfallY917.78100%44%33%
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%
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY522.00100%80%40%
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY817.50100%38%38%

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Michigan C CWRU A (UG) 10101030
CWRU C (UG)CWRU B (DII) 100010
West Virginia A (UG) Miami C (DII) 100010
Michigan B (UG)Ohio State C (DII) 100010
Michigan A (UG) Michigan D (UG)10101030
Michigan State A Jefferson County Scholars (DII)100010
Ohio State B (DII) Michigan State B 1010020
West Virginia B (UG) Miami A (UG) 1001020