Bonus
The narrator of the story “Cogwheels” is lent a misbound copy of a novel by this author by an old man with a “Pan-like expression.” For 10 points each:
[10e] What author’s “Parable of the Onion” inspired Ryūnosuke Akutagawa’s “The Spider’s Thread”? His last novel also includes the parable of “The Grand Inquisitor.”
ANSWER: Fyodor Dostoevsky [or Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky] (Those parables appear in The Brothers Karamazov.)
[10m] This novel’s narrator ponders Crime and Punishment during a “game of antonyms.” In this I-novel, Yōzō’s “clowning” and morphine addiction fail to prevent his spiraling depression.
ANSWER: No Longer Human [or A Shameful Life; or Ningen Shikkaku] (by Osamu Dazai)
[10h] This author wrote, “close down the 19th century” as the “spirit of Dostoevsky” is “easily wasted” in a story about a recluse who survives on his wife’s prostitution, titled “The Wings.” This pioneer of Korean modernism also wrote the poem sequence Crow’s Eye View.
ANSWER: Yi Sang [or Haegyeong Kim; prompt on Kim]
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Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | UC Berkeley B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Virginia | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell A | Iowa State | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Cornell B | Maryland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Florida | Arizona State | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgia Tech | MIT | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Harvard | Minnesota | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Illinois B | North Carolina B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Vanderbilt | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| NYU | Georgia State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| North Carolina A | Chicago A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern | Illinois A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| RIT | UCF | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers | UC Berkeley A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Texas | Chicago B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Indiana | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | EMH |
| Toronto B | Johns Hopkins | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Virginia Tech | Toronto C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| WUSTL B | LSE | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo A | WUSTL A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Waterloo B | Penn State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Winona State | Ohio State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
| Yale | Ottawa | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 ACF Nationals | Yes | 24 | 16.25 | 100% | 54% | 8% |