Bonus
This poet’s early mentorship by his cousin Oscar led to the “catastrophist” outlook he championed leading the Żagary (“zhah-GAH-rih”) group. For 10 points each:
[10m] What poet wrote “No one believes it is happening now” in “A Song on the End of the World?” Poet in the New World collects translations of this poet by his frequent collaborator at Berkeley, Robert Hass.
ANSWER: Czesław Miłosz (“CHESS-woff MEE-woash”)
[10h] Peter Dale Scott’s book Ecstatic Pessimist discusses the “Hegelianism” of this book-length Miłosz poem. Its four books survey Polish literature and destruction in the first half of the 20th century, culminating in the Warsaw Uprising.
ANSWER: A Treatise on Poetry [or Traktat poetycki]
[10e] Miłosz wrote, “I have always aspired to a more spacious form” in a poem titled after this other poetic treatise. This poem by Horace coined phrases like ut pictura poesis and in medias res.
ANSWER: “Ars Poetica” [or “The Art of Poetry”]
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell A | North Carolina A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |