Question

This author claimed that his “prettiest contribution” was his master’s thesis on the “Shapes of Stories” in his memoir (10[1])Palm Sunday. Harry takes on different (10[1])personas based on his acting role in this author’s story “Who Am I This Time?”, which appears in a collection whose title story is about a society with “Ethical Suicide Parlors.” This author wrote a story in which the title character shouts, “I am the Emperor!” to a ballet and a man (10[1])winces at a “twenty-one-gun (10[1])salute” in his head. This author’s collection Welcome to the Monkey House includes a story set when “everybody was finally equal” in which the Handicapper (10[2])General shoots the title 14-year-old prison escapee. For 10 points, name this author of “Harrison Bergeron,” who also wrote about the firebombing of Dresden (10[1])in Slaughterhouse-Five. ■END■

ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]
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Charles YoungColumbia APenn State A1810
Sinecio MoralesJohns Hopkins AColumbia B2410
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard ARowan A7610
Anirudh BharadwajPenn APenn B8010
Alex WongRutgers AJohns Hopkins B10510
Austin GuoPrinceton AHaverford A10510
Robert WangPenn State BRutgers C12910

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