Question

When he was young, a man in this novel changed his lifestyle after stopping at a tree and crying in repentance as he was walking home to his mother from a prostitute. Near the beginning of this novel, the protagonist looks at photographs on the mantle like ones of his dead mother and himself naked as a baby. This novel ends as the sun strikes the protagonist’s forehead where an older boy just bestowed a “holy kiss.” Near the end of this novel, a man reads a letter written by his dead wife Deborah revealing that she knew of his affair with Esther. The protagonist of this novel has visions in the section “The Threshing-Floor” (10[1])in the Temple of the Fire Baptized in Harlem. For 10 points, (10[2])the hypocritical (10[1])preacher Gabriel witnesses the spiritual awakening of his stepson John Grimes in what novel by James Baldwin? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[2])

ANSWER: Go Tell It on the Mountain
<American Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Harrison WhitakerCambridge AImperial B11410
Ben Russell JonesEdinburghWarwick12610
Enoch YuenImperial AOxford A12610
Michael KohnDurham ACambridge B12810
Elijah ScheinsonOxford COxford B14510
Nick PruittKCLBristol14610
Ian DewanKielSheffield14610
Bella ThomasDurham BCambridge C1460
Freddy PottsSheffieldKiel1460

Summary

2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley01/27/2024Y1100%0%100%130.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%139.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%114.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska01/27/2024Y667%0%33%139.50
2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial01/27/2024Y888%0%0%133.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt01/27/2024Y1100%0%0%114.00
2024 ACF Regionals @ MIT01/27/2024Y333%0%0%146.00