Packet 10: Bonus 15
According to a poem from a 1922 collection, a “rural” one of these people was “pure,” “poor,” and “cheerful.” For 10 points each:
[10h] A poet who was also one of what people wrote a “prayer” titled for them, which asks “make me more motherly than the mothers”?
ANSWER: teachers [or maestras; accept “The Rural Teacher” or “The Teacher’s Prayer” or “La maestra rural” or “La oración de la maestra”]
[10e] This Chilean poet of “The Rural Teacher” and “The Teacher’s Prayer” published “Sonnets of Death” under a pseudonym to avoid disrupting her teaching career.
ANSWER: Gabriela Mistral [or Lucila Godoy Alcayaga]
[10m] Mistral’s poem “The Rural Teacher” is from a collection usually titled in English for this concept. A poem whose English title mentions this concept states “like a jar you housed the infinite tenderness.”
ANSWER: despair [or desolation; accept “The Song of Despair” or Desolación or “La canción desesperada”]
<Editors, World Literature> | S. Playoffs 10 (Editors 10)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia | Toronto B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Chicago A | Northwestern A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Chicago B | UCF | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Columbia A | Stanford A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Indiana | UC Berkeley B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Johns Hopkins | Ohio State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Michigan | Georgia Tech A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Minnesota | Pittsburgh | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU A | Harvard | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| NYU B | Georgia Tech B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Penn State | Virginia | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Rutgers | Bruin | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Stanford B | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Swarthmore | Brown | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Texas | Illinois A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Toronto A | Maryland A | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UC Berkeley A | Virginia Tech | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| UCLA | Cambridge | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Vanderbilt | MIT | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| WashU | Georgia Tech C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Waterloo | Northwestern B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 21 | 15.71 | 100% | 57% | 0% |