Question
In a novel, Lord Byron’s play about this figure inspires a protagonist based on this figure to embrace his hatred for the title character, a painter who marries Helena. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this figure represented by the doctor Joaquin in Miguel de Unamuno’s novel Abel Sanchez. Joaquin attempts to murder Abel Sanchez out of jealousy, much like how this Biblical figure killed his brother Abel.
ANSWER: Cain
[10m] After killing Abel, Cain becomes a lover of Lilith in a 2009 novel in this language. In another novel in this language, the title character is forced to sacrifice his favorite sheep after working as a shepherd for the Devil.
ANSWER: Portuguese [or português] (The novels are Cain and The Gospel According to Jesus Christ by Jose Saramago.)
[10h] This author attempted to define his aesthetic ideal in his unfinished novella cycle Legacy of Cain, which includes a book in which Wanda and Severin engage in “suprasensuality.”
ANSWER: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch [or Leopold Ritter von Sacher-Masoch] (The novel is Venus in Furs.)
<HG, European Literature>
Summary
2024 ARCADIA at BU | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Duke | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Missouri S&T | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
2024 ARCADIA Online | 2025-05-17 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Penn State | 2024-12-06 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Florida Tech | 2024-12-06 | Y | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at UC Berkeley | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Waterloo | 2024-11-09 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
2024 ARCADIA at GT | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Illinois | 2024-11-09 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Warwick | 2024-12-06 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
2024 ARCADIA at Claremont | 2024-11-02 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
Truman | Missouri | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Squidward Community College | WashU | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |