Question
The first part of this novel, “Beyle, or Love is a Madness Most Discreet,” describes the wanderings of a Napoleonic soldier who, though never revealed, is better known as the author Stendhal. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this novel, sometimes grouped in a trilogy with The Emigrants and The Rings of Saturn. In the fourth part of this novel, the narrator visits his hometown, “W,” based on its author’s hometown of Wertach.
ANSWER: Vertigo [or Schwindel. Gefühle.]
[10m] Vertigo, The Emigrants, and The Rings of Saturn are by this German author, who also wrote Austerlitz.
ANSWER: W. G. Sebald [or Winfried Georg Sebald]
[10e] The third part of Vertigo describes a period in the life of this author through the lens of his story “The Hunter Gracchus.” This author, whom Sebald calls “Dr. K,” also wrote “In the Penal Colony.”
ANSWER: Franz Kafka
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Cornell | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 8.89 | 56% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 8.33 | 83% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 16.00 | 80% | 60% | 20% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
Data
| Minnesota B | Iowa State | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Arizona State | Minnesota C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |