Question

The protagonist of a story by this author is renamed Maia after meeting her husband next to a broken marble column. A (-5[1])character created by this author is told that she can live to be three hundred years old, (-5[1])though she can only gain an immortal soul if she marries a man. (10[2])Another character created by this author is born inside a tulip which grows from a barleycorn. (10[1])This author of “Thumbelina” wrote of another title character who looks at his reflection in a stream and sees that he is “no longer (10[1])a dark, gray bird” but has become “a graceful and beautiful swan.” (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])stories like “The Ugly Duckling” and “The Little Mermaid” were written by what Danish author of fairy tales? (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Hans Christian Andersen
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Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Lehigh B (DII)21-5
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Bard A (UG)38-5
Theodore Farrell (UG)Fordham AMaryland B (DII)5110
Chase Barrick (DII)Lehigh A (UG)Penn A (DII)5110
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)NYU B6710
Albert Zeng (DII)Penn B (DII)Princeton A (UG)9110
John Shelly (DII)Rowan A (DII)NYU A (UG)10310
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BColumbia B106-5
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Columbia A (UG)12410
Alexandra Duan (DII)Columbia BRutgers B12510
Jack Stuhlman (DII)Lehigh B (DII)Columbia J (DII)1250