Packet E: Tossup 12

The protagonist of a novel from this country is convinced by his “double” Dorbeck to follow a sequence of orders supposedly for the “resistance.” (10[1])Quentin never learns that Max was potentially his real father rather than (10[1])Onno in a novel (10[1])from this country (10[1])whose last section is titled “The End of the End.” That novel from this country (10[1])describes an angel manipulating events (10[1])on earth (10[3])to get (10[1])Quentin (10[2])to return the Ten Commandments (10[1])to heaven. (10[1])A novel that opens “I am a coffee (10[1])maker” (10[1])led to this country’s (10[1])“Ethical (-5[1])Policy,” (10[2]-5[1])leading (-5[1])a later (-5[2])author (10[1])to (-5[1])praise that novel as “the (-5[1])book that killed colonialism.” (10[1]-5[2])An NRC (-5[1])poll voted Harry Mulisch’s The (10[1])Discovery (10[1]-5[1])of (10[1])Heaven as the most popular novel from this country. (10[2])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this country where life in a secret “annex” (10[1])was described (10[7])by (10[6])Anne (10[4]-5[1])Frank. (10[5])■END■ (10[23]0[5])

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