Question
In this story, which begins in midsummer, the title character is disturbed to see Andromeda and Cassiopeia in the sky and smell “some stubborn autumnal fragrance on the night air.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this short story that ends as the protagonist cries upon discovering his house empty and his wife Lucinda gone.
ANSWER: “The Swimmer”
[10e] John Cheever’s story “The Swimmer” first appeared in this magazine, which also published Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery.”
ANSWER: The New Yorker
[10h] The protagonist of Cheever’s story “The Country Husband” notes there is “not a trace of autumn” in his lust for a woman with this job. The title character either drowns or peacefully falls asleep in a self-contradictory 1982 story titled for this job.
ANSWER: babysitter (The other story is “The Babysitter” by Robert Coover.)
<CWRU A, American Literature>
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| Florida | 2025-02-01 | Y | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | 2025-02-01 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| Midwest | 2025-02-01 | Y | 6 | 13.33 | 67% | 50% | 17% |
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| Northeast | 2025-02-01 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
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