Nelly Dean - 2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State

Question

Because she schemes to maintain her social position, a James Hafley article calls this character the “villain” of the novel in which she appears. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this character, who is called a “witch” who seeks “elf-bolts to hurt us” by her bedridden mistress. This character does not warn her employer about an eavesdropper who, offended by the conversation, leaves for three years.

ANSWER: Nelly Dean [or Nelly Dean; or Ellen Dean]

[10e] Nelly Dean is envious of Catherine Earnshaw’s affection for Heathcliff in this novel.

ANSWER: Wuthering Heights

[10m] Nelly does not tell Catherine that Heathcliff is listening when Catherine says that though she and Heathcliff have similar ones of these things, it would “degrade” her to marry him. An Emily Brontë poem is titled for a “coward” one of these things.

ANSWER: souls [accept “No Coward Soul is Mine”]

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Summary


2025 Penn Bowl - BU	11/01/25	Y	4	10.00	75%	25%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - CWRU	11/01/25	Y	3	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Mainsite (UPenn)	11/01/25	Y	6	11.67	100%	17%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Murray State	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Northwestern	10/25/25	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Online	11/08/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - Ottawa	11/01/25	Y	7	14.29	100%	29%	14%
2025 Penn Bowl - Stanford	10/25/25	Y	4	15.00	100%	50%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - UK	11/01/25	Y	9	17.78	100%	56%	22%
2025 Penn Bowl - UNC	11/01/25	Y	3	13.33	100%	33%	0%
2025 Penn Bowl - WashU	11/01/25	Y	2	10.00	100%	0%	0%

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Oklahoma	Central Oklahoma	0	10	0	10
Texas B	Texas A	0	10	0	10