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The narrator of a story is arrested on charges of poisoning after boarding a train with this character, who inspires him to note, “Everything began to laugh and everywhere white teeth shone.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this character whom the narrator pursues a brief affair with after meeting her at a beach in a short prose piece from the collection Eagle or Sun?, titled “My Life with” her.
ANSWER: the wave [or la ola; accept “My Life with the Wave” or “Mi vida con la ola”]
[10e] “My Life with the Wave” is among this author’s works translated by his friend Eliot Weinberger, who also translated his 584-line poem based on the Aztec calendar.
ANSWER: Octavio Paz [or Octavio Paz Lozano] (The poem is “Sunstone.”)
[10m] The anthology Sun, Stone, and Shadows follows “My Life with the Wave” with a story from Carlos Fuentes’s Burnt Water, in which Filiberto drowns after one of these objects he purchases comes to life and floods his home.
ANSWER: chac-mool [prompt on idols or statues or sculptures]
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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Arizona StateOttawa010010E
Chicago AWUSTL A010010E
Chicago BMIT010010E
Columbia ANorthwestern0101020EM
Cornell AGeorgia Tech0101020EM
Georgia StateBritish Columbia0101020EM
HarvardJohns Hopkins010010E
Illinois AUC Berkeley A0101020EM
Iowa StateMinnesota010010E
MichiganCornell B010010E
NYUWaterloo B0101020EM
North Carolina BMaryland010010E
Ohio StateVanderbilt010010E
Penn StateFlorida0101020EM
RITColumbia B010010E
RutgersIndiana0101020EM
StanfordNorth Carolina A0101020EM
TexasToronto C0101020EM
Toronto AWaterloo A010010E
Toronto BVirginia Tech010010E
UC Berkeley BLSE010010E
UCFWinona State0101020EM
VirginiaIllinois B010010E
YaleWUSTL B0101020EM

Summary

TournamentExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2025 ACF NationalsYes2414.58100%46%0%