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
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | 9.80 | 73% | 22% | 4% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandeis B | Yale | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Dartmouth A | Brown | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EH |
| Dartmouth B | Bowdoin B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| MIT | Harvard B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 | ME |
| Southern Connecticut State | Bowdoin A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 8.00 | 80% | 0% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 7 | 8.57 | 43% | 43% | 0% |
| Lower Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 1 | 0.00 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Midwest | Main Site | ✓ | 9 | 7.78 | 67% | 11% | 0% |
| Northeast | Main Site | ✓ | 5 | 12.00 | 80% | 20% | 20% |
| Southeast | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 6.67 | 50% | 17% | 0% |
| UK | Main Site | ✓ | 12 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| Upper Mid-Atlantic | Main Site | ✓ | 6 | 13.33 | 83% | 33% | 17% |