Question

One of this author’s title characters holds on to the beard of a dwarf for three days in a bid to rescue his bride, who was abducted on their wedding night. Another of this author’s characters goes mad when Parasha’s home is destroyed in a flood, causing him to curse a statue. Vikram Seth’s novel The Golden Gate uses a type of stanza that this poet developed for a work whose title character rejects a love letter by a girl who later marries Prince Gremin. This poet of Ruslan and Ludmila used himself as a model for the character (10[1])Lensky, (10[1])who is killed in a duel by Tatiana’s (10[1])love interest. (10[1])For 10 points, name this Russian poet of “The Bronze Horseman” and Eugene Onegin. (10[1])■END■ (10[1]0[3])

ANSWER: Alexander Pushkin [or Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Jason Qin (DII)Columbia J (DII)Rutgers A (UG)9810
Andy Yu (DII)Maryland A (DII)Columbia B9910
Olin Bose (DII)Columbia A (UG)Fordham A10710
Ethan Furman (DII)Penn A (DII)NYU B10910
Greta Hong (DII)Bard A (UG)Penn B (DII)12310
Rohit Chintala (DII)Maryland B (DII)Princeton A (UG)12410
Jack Stuhlman (DII)Lehigh B (DII)NYU A (UG)1240
Rishi Swaminathan (DII)NYU A (UG)Lehigh B (DII)1240
Jaden Bandy (DII)Rutgers BLehigh A (UG)1240

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY978%0%11%112.86
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY786%0%29%96.17
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY1100%0%0%63.00
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1275%0%0%89.11
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY757%0%29%98.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY5100%0%0%88.80
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY875%0%0%110.00
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY989%0%11%101.88