Question

Helen Zenna Smith works in this profession in Evadne Price’s novel Not So Quiet. In a novel inspired by The Pilgrim’s Progress, the narrator and B., a man based on William Slater Brown, are fired from this profession on account of suspicious letters. While in this profession, the author Stephen Gordon falls in love with Mary Llewellyn near the end of The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall. An author’s time spent in this profession inspired a protagonist who, after handing out macaroni and cheese, is wounded alongside soldiers by a mortar. The Enormous Room (10[1])by E. E. Cummings is about his time in this profession, (-5[1])which the author John Dos Passos (-5[1])also held in 1917. (-5[2])For 10 points, A Farewell (10[1])to Arms was inspired by Ernest (10[1])Hemingway’s (-5[1])experience helping soldiers (10[1])in what volunteer job during World War I? ■END■ (0[5])

ANSWER: ambulance driver [accept member of an Ambulance Corps; prompt on driver by asking “of what vehicle?”; prompt on medic; reject “soldier”]
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Caleb Kendrick (Grad)Maryland A (Grad)Virginia B (UG)9410
Jim Fan (Grad)UNC A (Grad)Roanoke College A (DII)105-5
Perry O'Connor (Grad)Liberty A (Grad)UNC B (UG)111-5
Ivan Stanisavljevic (DII)Duke A (UG)GWU A (UG)115-5
Duncan Griffiths (UG)William & Mary A (UG)UNC C (UG)115-5
Jacob Martin (UG)Maryland B (UG)Virginia A (UG)12010
Patrick Torre (DII)Maryland C (DII)Liberty C (DII)12610
Luke Schaarschuch (UG)Virginia C (UG)Liberty B (DII)127-5
Jonathan Shauf (UG)UNC B (UG)Liberty A (Grad)13010
Andrew Amygdalos (UG)GWU A (UG)Duke A (UG)1390
Joshua Schmidt (DII)Liberty B (DII)Virginia C (UG)1390
Jeffery Austin (DII)UNC D (DII)JMU B (UG)1390
E Smith (UG)JMU B (UG)UNC D (DII)1390
Michael Eng (UG)UNC C (UG)William & Mary A (UG)1390