dybbuks - 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell

Question

At the end of a novel, one of these figures tries to convince the dying prophetess Rechele (“RAY-khuh-leh”) to stay with it so that she will stay healthy. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name these figures. During a wedding in a play titled for one of these figures, Sender’s daughter tears off her wedding veil, pushes away her groom, and embraces a gravestone.

ANSWER: dybbuks [or dybbukim; prompt on spirits or ghosts]

[10e] The authors S. Ansky and Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote The Dybbuk and Satan in Goray in this language, historically used by Ashkenazi Jews.

ANSWER: Yiddish

[10m] At the end of the first act of The Dybbuk, Khonen (“KHO-nin”) collapses dead and drops one of these objects. Death narrates a novel titled for these objects in which a family shelters Max Vandenburg.

ANSWER: books [accept The Book Thief (by Markus Zusak)]

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Summary


2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley	01/27/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell	01/27/2024	Y	3	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU	01/27/2024	Y	10	17.00	100%	70%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota	01/27/2024	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska	01/27/2024	Y	6	18.33	100%	83%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State	01/27/2024	Y	2	15.00	50%	100%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers	01/27/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt	01/27/2024	Y	5	18.00	100%	80%	0%

Data


Cornell B	Binghamton	10	10	20
Cornell A	RIT A	10	10	20
Cornell C	RIT B	10	10	20