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Packet C: Bonus 13

Gabriel García Márquez began writing fiction after an opening line by this author showed him that people were “allowed to write things like that.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this author who is described as creating “his own precursors” in one essay. Max Brod published the works of this author, including a novella in which Gregor Samsa awakens after the title transformation.
ANSWER: Franz Kafka
[10m] This author of “Kafka and his Precursors” translated several works by Kafka into Spanish. In a short story by this author, a man dreams into existence a son in the ruins and later learns that he too was dreamed into existence.
ANSWER: Jorge Luis Borges
[10h] In this Kafka story, the mere harsh words of a father compels his son Georg to drown himself in a river.
ANSWER: “The Judgment”
<Waterloo A, European Literature> | Packet C - Virginia Tech A, Waterloo A, UCSD A, UBC A

HeardPPBE %M %H %
7219.0399%67%25%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Columbia AVassar1010020EM
GeorgetownMaryland C10101030EMH
Johns Hopkins AColumbia B10101030EMH
Maryland AColumbia C1010020EM
Maryland BJohn Jay10101030EMH
NYU AJohns Hopkins B10101030EMH
NYU BCatholic100010E
SwarthmoreNYU C1010020EM

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CanadaMain Site✓1019.00100%70%20%
FloridaMain Site✓320.00100%100%0%
Great LakesMain Site✓520.00100%80%20%
MidwestMain Site✓818.75100%63%25%
NortheastMain Site✓621.6783%67%67%
OverflowMain Site✓422.50100%100%25%
South CentralMain Site✓215.00100%50%0%
SoutheastMain Site✓712.86100%29%0%
UKMain Site✓1215.83100%50%8%
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site✓823.75100%88%50%
Upstate NYMain Site✓417.50100%50%25%