Question
In a David Dabydeen novel titled in reference to this character, Auntie Clarice reminds the narrator that “you is we” as he leaves to study in England. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this black-clothed character who is told that a man’s “end was in every way worthy of his life” in a scene set by the marble fireplace and sarcophagus-like piano of this character’s drawing-room.
ANSWER: the Intended [accept descriptions of Kurtz’s fiancée or betrothed; reject “Kurtz’s wife”]
[10e] Like David Dabydeen in The Intended, Arun Joshi reworked Heart of Darkness in a novel titled for Billy, a man with this surname. The Tulsis’ six-fingered son-in-law has this surname in a novel by V. S. Naipaul.
ANSWER: Biswas [accept The Strange Case of Billy Biswas or A House for Mr. Biswas]
[10m] Critics have analogized the Intended to both the unnamed “Darling” addressed in this novel’s “Love Letter” chapter and the protagonist’s German lover Marija. This novel by Ama Ata Aidoo (“ah-MAH-tah EYE-doo”) follows Sissie’s studies in Europe.
ANSWER: Our Sister Killjoy [or Our Sister Killjoy: or Reflections from a Black-eyed Squint]
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Summary
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
Data
| LMM's LLM MLM | A Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| I’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open) | The Dyatlov Passement incident | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Punished "Venom" BHSU | We Need New Names | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |