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The prologue to this novel explains how a certain trait messes with one's sense of time so that “you're never quite on the beat.” A pamphlet by a “spiritual technologist” known for knob-toed shoes inspires the protagonist of this novel to follow his grandfather's advice and “overcome them with (15[1])yeses.” An old man asks this novel’s protagonist for directions to Center Street before being told any train will take him to the Golden (15[1])Day. The narrator of this novel’s prologue listens to (*) Louis [Lewis] Armstrong's “Black and Blue” on five record players at once in a room illuminated by (10[1])1,369 light bulbs. This novel’s protagonist quits the Brotherhood during a riot led by Ras the Exhorter. For (10[1])10 points, others refuse to see the narrator of what novel by Ralph Ellison? ■END■

ANSWER: Invisible Man
<Literature - American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Kevin ParkClaremontGeorgia Tech B4915
Blake EnwillerVanderbilt AMTSU7315
Ophelia Cherry-PulayUSN AGeorgia Tech A9910
Jeremy CummingsWUSTLBelmont11710

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2024 Booster Shot (Columbia)02/23/2024Y6100%33%0%91.17
2024 Booster Shot (Waterloo)02/23/2024Y4100%0%0%99.25
2024 Booster Shot (Vanderbilt)03/02/2024Y4100%50%0%84.50
2024 Booster Shot (Great Lakes)03/09/2024Y6100%17%0%95.50
2024 Booster Shot (WUSTL)03/09/2024Y3100%0%0%102.00