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In a story by this author, one character follows his “pet principle of verbal ostentation” by inventing the word “lactinacious” to replace “milky” in a poem he is writing. The narrator of a story by this author reflects that “contact is an illusion” while petting a cat in a cafe. In a story by this author, the narrator injures his forehead while rushing up the stairs to read a copy of Arabian Nights. That story by this (15[1])author ends with the narrator accepting an offer of a (*) knife (10[1])fight and marching out to a probable death on the plain. This author, who created Juan Dahlmann in “The South,” also wrote a story whose narrator lies on the nineteenth (10[1])step of Carlos Viterbo’s basement (10[1])staircase before (10[1])seeing every point in the universe. For 10 points, name this Argentine author of“The Aleph.” ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges
<Literature - World Literature>
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Moses KitakuleColumbia BRutgers7715
William OrrYalePrinceton8810
Eshan PantNYU AGatherer11810
Cooper RohColumbia ALehigh A12310
Cody CoonBardNYU B12510
Jeff GuanNYU CLehigh B1410
Will HollisterLehigh BNYU C14110

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