Question

After a speech delivered “Once in the Jurassic about 150 million years ago,” a figure manifests in his “true form” as this character. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this figure invoked with the war spell “DROWN THEIR BUTTS / CRUSH THEIR BUTTS / DROWN THEIR BUTTS / CRUSH THEIR BUTTS,” after which he will put out the enemy with his “vajra-shovel.”
ANSWER: Smokey the Bear [accept “Smokey the Bear Sutra”]
[10m] This poet practiced Zen meditation as a fire lookout in Washington State, which influenced his poem “Smokey the Bear Sutra” and the works from his collection Turtle Island.
ANSWER: Gary Snyder
[10e] This fellow Beatnik wrote a sutra titled The Scripture of the Golden Eternity. This author depicted Snyder as Japhy Ryder in the novel The Dharma Bums.
ANSWER: Jack Kerouac [or Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac]
<Literature - American Literature - Misc Literature>

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2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis03/22/2025Y215.00100%50%0%
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Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken0101020
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