Question

In one work, a wife is forced to copulate with one of these animals after poisoning her husband and killing her sister. In that work, that one of these animals eats a crown of roses in order to turn back into a human. (-5[1])The story of Psyche and Cupid originates from that novel, which is titled for one of these animals (10[1])and is the only entirely surviving Latin novel from (-5[1])antiquity. In one Aesop fable, one of these animals falls into a river when a miller and his son (10[1])try carrying it to market. (10[1])The novel Metamorphoses, (10[1])by Apuleius, concerns a man who is turned into a golden specimen of this animal. For 10 points, name this stereotypically stubborn (-5[1])beast of burden. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[1])

ANSWER: ass [or donkey; accept asinus]
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Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%100%122.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY989%0%33%92.38
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY786%0%29%99.33
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1267%0%50%99.88
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY10100%0%20%101.60
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY8100%0%38%103.00
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY978%0%11%98.00

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Zaid Asif (DII)NYU A (UG)Fordham A42-5
Saif Virani (UG)Fordham ANYU A (UG)6010
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Maryland A (DII)69-5
Alex Wong (DII)Rutgers A (UG)Penn A (DII)8810
Sidhant Chaliha (DII)Princeton A (UG)Rowan A (DII)9310
Ishan Joshi (DII)Rutgers BMaryland B (DII)9610
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Penn B (DII)118-5
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)NYU B12110
Jack Stuhlman (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Bard A (UG)12210
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)1220
Xavier Bomhorst (DII)Maryland A (DII)Columbia A (UG)12210
Hannah Nieuwveld (DII)Penn B (DII)Columbia J (DII)12210