Question

This author fictionalized the Kosakiewicz (“koh-sah-KAY-vitch”) sisters as the single character Xavière (“gzav-YAIR”) in one novel. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author who portrayed her open relationship with Jean-Paul Sartre in the novel She Came to Stay. This French author also wrote The Second Sex.
ANSWER: Simone de Beauvoir
[10h] Beauvoir fictionalized Sartre as Robert Dubreuilh (“du-BROY”) in this 1954 roman à clef (“clay”) depicting her intellectual circle. Henri Perron edits the leftist paper L’Espoir (“less-PWARR”) in this Prix-Goncourt-winning novel.
ANSWER: The Mandarins [or Les Mandarins]
[10m] Beauvoir’s autobiography denies the association between Henri Perron and this other real-life author, whose book The Rebel led to his falling-out with Sartre. The title occurrence of a novel by this author is interpreted to be an act of God in a sermon delivered by Father Paneloux.
ANSWER: Albert Camus (The novel is The Plague.)
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BirminghamSouthampton B1001020
ManchesterBristol A1001020
Cambridge AOxford A10101030
Cambridge CCambridge B1001020
Durham AWarwick A1001020
Imperial BCambridge D1001020
LSE AImperial A1001020
Durham BLSE B10101030
Southampton AOxford B1001020
Bristol BVanderbilt1001020
Warwick BEdinburgh100010