Question
A week after this event, the New Yorker reprinted Adam Zagajewski’s poem “Try to Praise the Mutilated World.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this event, the subject of Simon Armitage’s poem “Convergence of the Twain.” In a poem by Wisława Szymborska, the speaker promises to “not add a last line” while examining a “Photograph From” this event.
ANSWER: 9/11 attacks [or the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; accept “Photograph From September 11”; prompt on WTC or World Trade Center attack; reject “World Trade Center bombing”]
[10h] Both Zagajewski and Szymborska’s poems were translated by this American translator, whose collaborations with Stanislaw Baranczak were cited in Szymborska’s 1996 Nobel Prize dedication.
ANSWER: Clare Cavanagh
[10e] Zagajewski’s work often contrasts “ecstasy” and “ardor” with this concept, which characterizes the “precision” often seen in Szymborska’s poetry. This device involves a defiance of expectations in its “situational” form.
ANSWER: irony [or ironic; accept ironic precision or situational irony]
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| 2024 ESPN @ Online | 06/01/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |
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| Jason Lovers | Clark B | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Jeffrey and Dahmers | Triple Round Robin Lovers | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |