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]
<JHU A, American Literature>