Round 500: Tossup 8

At the end of a novel set in this city, the Latin phrase “Placetne, magistra?” is used by Lord Peter Wimsey to propose to Harriet Vane. (10[1])After a (10[1])failed suicide attempt in this city, a man claims that “Death cancels all engagements.” (10[1])News of two black owls is received as an omen by the Duke of Dorset, who leads a mass suicide in this city out of love for Zuleika Dobson. (10[1])Another novel ends in this city as the Bollinger Club is heard outside Paul Pennyfeather’s window. After a luncheon (10[1])in this city, The Waste Land is recited through a megaphone by Anthony Blanche. In that novel, this city is where Charles Ryder meets a character who carries the teddy bear Aloysius (“al-uh-WISH-us”). For 10 points, the opening sections of Evelyn Waugh’s novels Decline and Fall and Brideshead Revisited are set in what university city? (10[1])■END■

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