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This author claimed that his “prettiest contribution” was his master’s thesis on the “Shapes of Stories” in his memoir Palm Sunday. Harry takes on different 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 (10[1])and a man winces at a “twenty-one-gun salute” (10[1])in his head. (10[2])This author’s collection Welcome to (-5[1])the Monkey House includes a story set when “everybody (10[1])was finally equal” in which the Handicapper General shoots the title 14-year-old prison (10[1])escapee. For 10 points, name this author of “Harrison Bergeron,” who also wrote about the firebombing of Dresden in Slaughterhouse-Five. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Kurt Vonnegut [or Kurt Vonnegut Jr.]
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Keerthana Krishnan (D2)Texas CColorado College8110
Towery McNeil (D2)Mississippi StateCentral Oklahoma8410
Athena Shadden (UG)Texas AVassar A8410
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Chloe Wei (D2)McGill EOregon State9810
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