Quentin Compson III - Southern California

Question

This character is briefly arrested for attempted kidnapping after gifting a little Italian girl bread. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this character who narrates flashbacks to his roommate Shreve in Absalom, Absalom! In another work by the same author, this character travels north to study at Harvard before committing suicide in the Charles River.

ANSWER: Quentin Compson III [prompt on Compson]

[10m] The second chapter of this novel by William Faulkner is told from Quentin’s perspective. This novel, whose other narrators include Benjy and Jason, details the decline of the Compson family.

ANSWER: The Sound and The Fury

[10e] Faulkner set The Sound and The Fury in the fictional Yoknapatawpha (“YOK-nuh-puh-TAW-fuh”) County, which resides in this state. This home state of Faulkner also names the river Huck Finn travels down in a book by Mark Twain.

ANSWER: Mississippi [or MS; accept Mississippi River]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Southern California	Main	Y	7	12.86	86%	43%	0%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	5	16.00	80%	60%	20%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	9	16.67	89%	56%	22%
Florida	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	11	16.36	91%	55%	18%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	100%	67%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	20.00	89%	67%	44%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	2	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	18.89	100%	67%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	20.00	100%	100%	0%
Pacific	Main	Y	8	17.50	100%	63%	13%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	100%	67%	17%
Southeast	Main	Y	11	18.18	82%	73%	27%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	60%	40%

Data


Claremont C	Claremont B	10	0	10
UC Irvine	UCLA C	0	10	10
UCSD B	UC Santa Barbara	10	10	20
USC A	USC B	0	10	10
UCSD A	Claremont A	10	10	20
UCLA B	UCLA E	0	10	10
UCLA D	UCLA F	0	10	10