Question

While debating how long they have been engaging in this activity, a woman tells an aspiring clergyman, “Oh! Do not attack me with your watch.” A character’s love of this activity, which her rivals attribute to “conceited independence, a most country-town indifference to decorum,” is analyzed in a nonfiction book in a chapter titled for that character’s petticoat. (15[1])A writer’s disregard of the Napoleonic wars is contrasted with her acceptance of the “cult of landscape” in a book on the “history of” this activity by Rebecca (15[1])(*) Solnit. Miss Hurst (10[3])cattily (10[2])says Elizabeth, (10[1])“has nothing, in short, to recommend her but” (10[1])her excellence at this activity, which Darcy says has “brightened” her “fine eyes” when she does it after Jane suddenly falls ill. (-5[1])For 10 points, Marianne is caught by a rainstorm while doing (10[1])what activity (10[1])favored by Jane Austen’s more (-5[1])free-spirited (0[1])“genteel country ladies,” the subject of Solnit’s Wanderlust? (10[1])■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: walking [accept synonyms like strolling or hiking; prompt on wandering or traveling; reject faster activities like “running”] (The books clued are Mansfield Park, Pride and Prejudice, and Sense and Sensibility.)
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2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1593%13%13%106.14

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownThe Empire Bikes Back5715
Matt JacksonLMM's LLM MLMA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence8515
Halle FriedmanThe Oldest Men in the WorldAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret8810
Jaskaran SinghThe Dyatlov Passement incidentI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)8810
John MarvinThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeAMOGH QUIZ HACK? 英雄联盟 400 PPG 24 TUH8810
Walter ZhangMindgoblin of Little HobbesBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy8910
Tracy Mirkinsticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneBHSU B8910
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoGalvanized Square Steen and Eco-Friendly Wood Vermeer9110
Stephen LiuLisan al-QuibCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team9910
Alexander NeroRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: ANJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)121-5
Rob CarsonPunished "Venom" BHSUWe Need New Names13210
Charles HangLes MissourablesNJTRANSit (and anwen, I guess)13410
Isaac Kirk-DavidoffFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!var merchants139-5
Hazel DePriest-SullivanNJTRANSit (and bobby, i guess)Read slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A1400
Rohan Khervar merchantsFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!14810
Jeffrey FungThe Jeam Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything14910
Kevin WanggenAI this, genAI that, have you found your 真爱 yetSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE14910