Question
In a novel by this author, Porfiry freezes to death on his mother’s grave after neglecting his entire family. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this Russian author of the depressing novel The Golovlyov Family and the novel The History of a Town, which is set in Glupov, often translated as Foolsburg.
ANSWER: Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin [accept either underlined portion; or Nikolai Shchedrin; or Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov-Shchedrin; or Mikhail Yevgrafovich Saltykov]
[10m] In his introduction to The Golovlyov Family, James Wood wrote that the “alienated actor” prototype runs from Dostoevsky, to Shchedrin, to this author. Wood cites this author’s novel Mysteries and a novel whose protagonist pawns his clothes and meets the woman Ylajali (“EE-lah-YAH-lee”).
ANSWER: Knut Hamsun [or Knud Pedersen] (The other novel is Hunger. The Wood introduction is for the NYRB Classics edition of The Golovlyov Family.)
[10e] When Shchedrin was upset at negative reviews, this author sent him a letter telling him he was “destined to make a deep mark on our literature.” This author’s own novels include First Love and Fathers and Sons.
ANSWER: Ivan Turgenev [or Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev]
<Literature - European Literature - Misc Literature>
Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College | 12/14/2024 | Y | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ARGOS @ Stanford | 02/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
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| A is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs | Stanford+ | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Where are the ACF Nationals recordings? | Berkeley | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Cry of the Common Loon | number of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |