Packet 6: Bonus 4
In the published “happy” ending, this character concludes, “I began these memoirs with the idea of vindicating my own character. I have now no character that I wish to vindicate.” For 10 points each:
[10h] What character finally convinces a magistrate that his employer, Falkland, is a murderer after he suffers continual persecution by the justice system?
ANSWER: Caleb Williams [or Caleb Williams]
[10e] William Godwin wrote Caleb Williams to spread the ideas of his Enquiry Concerning Political Justice; this author, Godwin’s wife, similarly began the novel Maria as a sequel to her Vindication of the Rights of Woman.
ANSWER: Mary Wollstonecraft
[10m] In his preface, Godwin mentions that his research included this place’s “calendar” of lurid fiction. A character born in this place later reunites with her “Lancashire husband” in this place.
ANSWER: Newgate Prison [accept The Newgate Calendar] (The character is Moll Flanders.)
<Editors, British Literature> | O. Playoffs 6 (Editors 6)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Minnesota | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago A | NYU A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago B | Waterloo | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia B | Bruin | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Cornell | Swarthmore | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Georgetown | Brown | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois A | WashU | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Illinois B | Purdue | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | Stanford A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Johns Hopkins | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| MIT | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Maryland A | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Penn State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| North Carolina | Northwestern B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Northwestern A | Virginia Tech | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Ohio State | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Rutgers | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Virginia | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Pittsburgh | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Toronto A | Columbia A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley B | UC Berkeley A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCF | Maryland B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| UCLA | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Vanderbilt | Cambridge | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 24 | 13.75 | 100% | 38% | 0% |