Question

A poem that draws on a text from this religion asks, “how am I theirs / if they cannot hold me / but I hold them?” at the end of an “Earth-Song.” A figure from this religion titles a poem that describes “the subtle ways / I keep, and pass, and turn again” and claims “I am the doubter and the doubt.” A book’s narrator notes, “in the morning I bathe my intellect” in a text from this religion in the chapter “The Pond in Winter.” A concept from this religion informed the author’s conception of unity in the essay “The Over-Soul.” A term referencing this religion’s culture was coined by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. to describe families like the Lowells and the Cabots. (10[1])For 10 points, the Transcendentalists were influenced by what Eastern religion (-5[1])whose society inspired the term “Boston Brahmin”? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Hinduism [accept Vaishnavism; accept Hindu caste system] (The first two poems are “Hamatreya” and “Brahma,” both by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The book is Walden.)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Truman FillbrandtUW AAlberta12310
Matthew WangUBCUW B134-5
Yaj JhajhriaUW BUBC14210

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California2025-02-01Y3100%0%33%107.67
Great Lakes2025-02-01Y5100%0%0%117.40
Lower Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%136.00
Midwest2025-02-01Y6100%0%17%119.17
North2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%123.67
Overflow2025-02-01Y5100%0%80%138.20
Pacific Northwest2025-02-01Y2100%0%50%132.50
South Central2025-02-01Y2100%0%0%115.00
Southeast2025-02-01Y4100%0%25%107.75
UK2025-02-01Y1080%0%10%123.88
Upper Mid-Atlantic2025-02-01Y8100%0%13%110.13
Upstate NY2025-02-01Y3100%0%0%130.67