Question

A dream in this novel features a character who won’t laugh at clowns and an infinite series of envelopes. A character in this novel burns the contents of a briefcase, including his high school diploma and a Sambo doll, (10[1])to illuminate a room. After a boiler explosion at a paint factory, (10[3])a character (10[1])in this novel undergoes (10[1])electroshock therapy and realizes he has forgotten his name. That character in this novel (-5[1])wins a college scholarship by fighting in a “Battle Royal.” This novel’s narrator lives (10[1])in an underground room lit by 1,369 lightbulbs after a riot led by Ras the Exhorter. For 10 points, name this novel about the title unnamed Black man, (10[1])by Ralph Ellison. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Invisible Man [reject “The Invisible Man”]
<American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin Zheng (UG)Michigan A (UG) Michigan State A 3810
Matthew Lam (DII)Ohio State A (UG) Michigan C 5010
Beckett Gilmore (DII)Jefferson County Scholars (DII)Michigan D (UG)5010
Stephen Barstys (UG)Michigan B (UG)Ohio State B (DII) 5010
Cara Monroe (DII)Miami B (UG) CWRU B (DII) 5210
Evan Davies (UG)Miami A (UG) CWRU A (UG) 5610
Tobias Zajac (UG)Michigan State B CWRU C (UG)70-5
Brady Hagan (DII)Ohio State C (DII) West Virginia A (UG) 8410
Caleb Thomas (DII)Miami C (DII) West Virginia B (UG) 11210
Angelo Pan (UG)CWRU C (UG)Michigan State B 11610

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%11%67.56
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%14%76.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY12100%0%8%74.33
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%22%84.44
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%0%81.86
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY10100%0%0%63.30