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Censored novels set in this city include a novel about its bohemians and a novel about the decline and prostitution of the title woman, Albertine. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this “singular city,” the setting of a novel in which the narrator keeps writing the year 1848 and almost eats a pencil. In that novel, the narrator wanders the streets of this city and pursues a woman he names Ylajali (“ee-la-YAH-lee”).

ANSWER: Oslo [or Christiana; or Kristiania; accept Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen or From Christiania’s Bohemia] (The novels in the lead-in are Fra Kristiania-Bohêmen by Hans Jæger and Albertine by Christian Krohg.)

[10m] George Egerton was accused of bowdlerizing a Knut Hamsun novel set in Oslo titled for this phenomenon. This phenomenon titles a story about an artist who works in 40-day periods before being replaced by a panther.

ANSWER: hunger [or Sult; accept “A Hunger Artist” or “Ein Hungerkünstler”]

[10e] Hamsun published his final literary work, On Overgrown Paths, while in custody for his support for this man and his political party. Karl Ove Knausgård referenced this man’s manifesto with his series My Struggle.

ANSWER: Adolf Hitler

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Northern California	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%
Southern California	Main	Y	5	14.00	100%	40%	0%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	12	13.33	92%	33%	8%
Florida	Main	Y	3	13.33	67%	67%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	71%	29%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	15.00	75%	63%	13%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	70%	10%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	18.00	80%	80%	20%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	75%	25%
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	10	18.00	100%	60%	20%
North	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	60%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
Northwest	Main	Y	4	20.00	100%	50%	50%
South Central	Main	Y	7	15.71	86%	71%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	7	21.43	100%	86%	29%
UK	Main	Y	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	4	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Southern California	Main	N	3	13.33	100%	0%	33%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	N	1	0.00	0%	0%	0%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	N	1	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	N	5	12.00	100%	0%	20%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	3	10.00	67%	33%	0%
Midwest	Main	N	4	12.50	100%	0%	25%
Northeast	Main	N	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Pacific	Main	N	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Southeast	Main	N	3	16.67	100%	67%	0%

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UCF B	UF C	10	10	20
UCF A	UF B	10	10	20
UF A	ERAU A	0	0	0