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No one expects their novel to be censored by the Spanish Inquisition. For 10 points each:
[10e] This Spanish author, who was excommunicated multiple times, wrote a novel about an “ingenious” hidalgo from La Mancha who attacks windmills that was censored by the Inquisition.
ANSWER: Miguel de Cervantes [or Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]
[10m] The Inquisition censored parts of this picaresque novel about a poor Spanish boy, perhaps because its protagonist’s masters include a stingy priest, a possibly abusive friar, and a corrupt seller of indulgences.
ANSWER: Lazarillo de Tormes [or Lazarillo of Tormes; or The Life of Lazarillo of Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities; or La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de sus fortunas y adversidades]
[10h] The Inquisition also censored this 1499 tragicomedy in which an old woman, whose name came to mean “bawd” or “matchmaker,” helps a bachelor have an illicit affair until he falls off a ladder and dies.
ANSWER: La Celestina [or The Celestina; or The Spanish Bawd; or The Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea; or La Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea]
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Cambridge BOxford B100010
Durham AWarwick1010020
EdinburghImperial B1010020
Durham BImperial A100010
Oxford AKiel1010020
Cambridge ASheffield100010