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Packet L: Bonus 5

One poet explained his inability to admire a poet in this language because they “write about the same place,” with the other poet “using history for his own benefit, based on my destroyed identity.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this modern language used by the poet of the collection Open Closed Open, who changed his last name to a word in this language meaning “my nation lives.” This language was also used for the novel The Bridal Canopy.
ANSWER: Modern Hebrew [or Ivrit; or Israeli Hebrew]
[10e] Mahmoud Darwish was unable to reconcile with Yehuda Amichai (“yeh-HOO-dah AH-mee-khy”) because of Darwish’s heritage from this country, whose plight he wrote about in “Identity Card.”
ANSWER: Palestine
[10h] In “My Homeland,” a poet from this family described Palestine as a place that has “glory and beauty” and “sound and honor.” A poet from this family wrote “Longing inspired by the Laws of Gravity.”
ANSWER: Tuqan [accept Ibrahim Tuqan or Fadwa Tuqan]
<Harvard A/Georgia Tech B, World Literature> | Packet L - Harvard A, McGill A, Arizona State A, Georgia Tech B, Toronto D, Georgia Tech D

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
CWRU APittsburgh010010E
CWRU BMichigan State010010E
Michigan BOhio State A010010E
Michigan COhio State B010010E
Ohio State CMichigan A0000

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TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
Great LakesMain Site✓58.0080%0%0%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓78.5743%43%0%
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓10.000%0%0%
MidwestMain Site✓97.7867%11%0%
NortheastMain Site✓512.0080%20%20%
SoutheastMain Site✓66.6750%17%0%
UKMain Site✓1212.50100%25%0%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓613.3383%33%17%