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In this novel, a lacemaker burns his wood carving of the Creation after his wife angers him by suggesting a cathedral sculptor added a woman’s face to a male saint. In this novel, a Polish grandmother realizes her husband drowned when she discovers his riding whip (-5[1])in the flood water. In this novel, a teacher is horrified to learn that she had caned a troublemaking child with a heart condition. After her lover Anton leaves for the Boer War, a girl in this novel engages in a sapphic romance with the schoolteacher Winnifred, who later marries the girl’s coal baron uncle. This novel follows three generations of a Nottingham family from the patriarch Tom to Ursula Brangwen, who also appears in its (-5[1])sequel Women in Love. For 10 points, name this D. H. Lawrence novel titled for a multicolored symbol. ■END■ (10[4]0[3])

ANSWER: The Rainbow
<TH, British Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rachel FanousMichigan ACase Western A45-5
Rohan Navaneetha RajOhio State BMichigan State121-5
Stevie MillerCarnegie Mellon ACarnegie Mellon B14010
Elizabeth WallaceKenyonMichigan D1400
Kevin ZhengMichigan BOhio State A14010
Meredith WiperCase Western BMichigan C14010
Cole PolleyMichigan DKenyon1400
Andrew HarmsMichigan StateOhio State B1400
Alan LeeCase Western AMichigan A14010

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