Question
An author born in this country used it as the setting for her novel Minaret, which centers on the university student Najwa who is forced to flee her home amid a civil war. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this home country of Leila Aboulela, as well as the author of a novel about Mustafa Sa'eed that inverts the structure of Heart of Darkness.
ANSWER: Sudan [or Republic of Sudan] (The author is Tayeh Salih.)
[10e] Aboulela’s novel The Translator, which centers on the young Sammar who falls in love with Rae, was described as the “Muslim” version of this Charlotte Brontë novel about a governess who marries Mr. Rochester.
ANSWER: Jane Eyre
[10m] Aboulela’s most recent novel, titled for the “Spirit” of one of these places, focuses on Akuany amid the backdrop of the Mahdist War. One of these places titles a novel in which Salim opens a business in a country ruled by the Big Man.
ANSWER: rivers [or River Spirit; or A Bend in the River]
<Literature - World Literature>
Summary
| 2024 Booster Shot (Columbia) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 6 | 16.67 | 100% | 50% | 17% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 6 | 20.00 | 83% | 67% | 50% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 0% | 100% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt) | 03/02/2024 | Y | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 50% | 25% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL) | 03/09/2024 | Y | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo) | 02/23/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
Data
| Ohio State | Case Western | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State | Case Western | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State | Michigan C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State | Michigan C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Ohio State | Case Western | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Ohio State | Case Western | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Ohio State | Michigan C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Ohio State | Michigan C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Penn State B | Iowa State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Vassar | Iowa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Penn State A | North Carolina | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Stanford | Michigan C | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Michigan A | WUSTL | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |