Question
At the end of one story, Madame de Peyrehorade blames recent frosts on one of these objects which was cast from a statue with the inscription “CAVE AMANTEM.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these objects. In Guy de Maupassant’s “Mademoiselle Fifi,” the Abbe Chantavoine’s only resistance against the Prussian occupation is a refusal to use these objects.
ANSWER: church bells
[10h] Alphonse de Peyrehorade accidentally gives his wedding ring to the title statue of this Prosper Mérimée short story and is killed by the statue on his wedding night.
ANSWER: “La Vénus d’Ille” [or “The Venus of Ille”]
[10e] The narrator compares the math teacher Florabela to the Venus d’Ille, among other unflattering things, in Solenoid, a novel from this country. Tristan Tzara and Eugene Ionesco moved to France from this country.
ANSWER: Romania (Solenoid is by Mircea Cǎrtǎrescu.)
<Literature - European Literature - Short Fiction>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Chicago | 11/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Columbia | 11/23/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| Cambridge | Limp Franceskit | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cien Años de Quizboledad | Simple Vibes | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Defying Suavity | Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |