Question

To entertain a sick boy, the protagonist of this novel reads the book A Bishop among the Bantus and pretends it’s about pirates. Near the end of Chimamanda Adichie’s Americanah, when Ifemelu reunites with Obinze, they discuss this novel, his mother’s favorite. This novel’s protagonist is haunted by the signature “Dicky” on a suicide note and imagines the word “Ticki,” the pet name his wife calls him, in its place. During an interview in Chinua Achebe’s No Longer at Ease, Obi humorously says that this novel was ruined by its “happy ending.” In this novel, the (*) agent Wilson despises the protagonist for having an affair with Helen (10[1])Rolt. Soon after his servant Ali is killed due to his dealings with the diamond smuggler Yusuf, the protagonist of this novel, a police officer, commits suicide. For 10 points, Major Henry Scobie is the protagonist (10[1])of what novel (-5[1])by Graham Greene set in West Africa? (10[1])■END■ (0[6])

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<Literature - British Literature - Long Fiction>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantazioWashU10610
Ned TagtmeierThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)Who is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?14210
Matt LaferMusic to Help You Stop SmokingBHSU Rebirth145-5
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthMusic to Help You Stop Smoking15210
Leo TaoClown SquadClown Senpais1530
Zach JosephNotre DameNortheast by Northwestern1530
Patrick QuionNortheast by NorthwesternNotre Dame1530
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Dayshawk two of1530
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days1530
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisClown Squad1530

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