Question

The protagonist of this novel watches Mrs. Tomolillo being cut “like cloth” while giving birth at Yale Hospital. A character in this novel calls a poem “a speck of dust” before being sent to a sanatorium for tuberculosis. This novel’s protagonist gets food poisoning from crabmeat-stuffed avocados (-5[1])while working (10[1])at the Ladies’ Day magazine. This novel is set during the “queer, sultry summer” when “they executed the Rosenbergs.” After this novel’s protagonist attempts suicide, Doctor Nolan administers electroshock (10[1])therapy at a mental hospital. For (-5[1])10 points, name this semi-autobiographical (10[1])novel about Esther Greenwood by Sylvia Plath. (10[1]) (10[3])■END■

ANSWER: The Bell Jar (The character in the second line is Buddy Willard.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Tai BelkeUBC AUW Pride46-5
Anne FjeldAlbertaArizona State B4810
Carson KesslerUW LustUW Sloth7710
Euan McCubbinUW ChastityArizona State A83-5
Beck FalettiUW GluttonyUBC B8810
Stefan Stealey-EuchnerArizona State AUW Chastity9510
Towa Nakano-HarrisUW PrideUBC A9610
Jack LiUW WrathUW Greed9610
Allison HowardBoise StateUW Envy9610

Summary

2024 ACF Fall at CornellfallY1100%0%100%96.00
2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%22%73.33
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%29%85.14
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY1283%0%25%75.30
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY989%0%0%66.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY888%0%13%72.57
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%22%70.78