Question
This poem’s title baron punishes his wife by tearing off her nose, causing all her female descendants to be born noseless. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poem whose title character is trapped as an animal after his wife has her lover steal his clothes.
ANSWER: Bisclavret [or “The Werewolf”]
[10m] Along with poems such as “Chevrefoil” and “Guigemar,” “Bisclavret” is one of the twelve Breton lais by this 12th century French poet, the first known woman to write poetry in French.
ANSWER: Marie de France [or Marie of France; prompt on Marie; prompt on de France]
[10e] Several lais by Marie de France center on characters with this profession, such as Tristan in “Chevrefoil.” Wolfram von Eschenbach’s Parzival also centers on a character with this profession, the German equivalent of Percival.
ANSWER: knights
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 89% | 56% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
Data
| Iowa State | Minnesota C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Minnesota B | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |