opera singer - Great Lakes

Question

In a short story, Paul follows a character with this profession whose “indefinable air of achievement” he believes “made her a veritable queen of romance.” For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this profession. In a novel by the same author, Dr. Archie tells a character who aspires to this profession she has been bequeathed six hundred dollars to study in Chicago.

ANSWER: opera singer [or vocalist; accept soprano soloist] (The story is “Paul’s Case: A Study in Temperment.”)

[10e] This author wrote about Thea Kronberg, who aspires to be an opera singer in The Song of the Lark, the second novel of her Great Plains Trilogy. She also wrote My Ántonia.

ANSWER: Willa Cather [or Willa Sibert Cather; accept Wilella Sibert Cather]

[10m] Thea Kronberg hails from a town with this name in The Song of the Lark. In a novel with this name, Sergeant Cuff discovers that Godfrey Ablewhite stole this title object from Rachel Verinder.

ANSWER: moonstone [accept Moonstone, Colorado; accept The Moonstone]

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Summary


Northern California	Main	Y	5	16.00	100%	40%	20%
Southern California	Main	Y	5	8.00	80%	0%	0%
Eastern Canada	Main	Y	11	12.73	73%	27%	27%
Florida	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	8	13.75	75%	38%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (1)	Main	Y	8	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Upper Mid-Atlantic (2)	Main	Y	5	14.00	80%	40%	20%
Lower Midwest	Main	Y	4	15.00	100%	25%	25%
Upper Midwest	Main	Y	9	14.44	100%	22%	22%
North	Main	Y	4	7.50	75%	0%	0%
Northwest	Main	Y	4	7.50	50%	0%	25%
South Central	Main	Y	7	20.00	100%	57%	43%
Southeast	Main	Y	7	15.71	100%	43%	14%
UK	Main	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	3	6.67	67%	0%	0%
Northern California	Main	N	4	10.00	100%	100%	0%
Southern California	Main	N	7	18.57	143%	171%	57%
Eastern Canada (1)	Main	N	5	22.00	120%	200%	120%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	N	9	14.44	156%	133%	0%
Florida	Main	N	4	17.50	150%	150%	50%
Great Lakes	Main	N	11	20.00	182%	182%	36%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	9	16.67	156%	156%	22%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	N	12	20.00	167%	200%	33%
Midwest	Main	N	9	16.67	133%	178%	22%
North	Main	N	4	20.00	150%	200%	50%
Northeast	Main	N	12	20.00	150%	167%	83%
Pacific	Main	N	8	21.25	200%	200%	25%
South Central	Main	N	7	14.29	114%	143%	29%
Southeast	Main	N	13	19.23	169%	154%	62%
Upstate NY	Main	N	5	12.00	80%	160%	0%

Data


CWRU A	Kenyon A	0	10	0	10
OSU B	CWRU D	0	10	10	20
Pitt A	Kenyon B	0	10	10	20
OSU A	MSU A	0	10	10	20
Pitt C	OSU C	10	10	0	20
OSU D	MSU B	0	10	0	10
CWRU C	Pitt B	0	10	0	10