Packet 4: Bonus 20
Catharine Maria Sedgwick portrayed many of this war’s leaders in her novel The Linwoods. For 10 points each:
[10e] Sentimental novels published after what conflict include Wiliam Hill Brown’s The Power of Sympathy and Susanna Rowson’s Charlotte Temple? Philip Freneau was known as the poet of this conflict.
ANSWER: American Revolution [or the American Revolutionary War; or the American War of Independence; prompt on the Revolution]
[10h] This stock character titles a novel of the Revolution by Maine author John Neal that innovatively rendered Yankee dialect. A servant from Royall Tyler’s play The Contrast exemplified this “true blue son of liberty.”
ANSWER: Brother Jonathan [accept Jonathan Peters]
[10m] John Neal was also noted for his attempts to render native accents, like that of this woman in the historical novel Rachel Dyer. This woman narrates a 1986 Maryse Condé novel from the spirit world.
ANSWER: Tituba [accept I, Tituba; accept Moi, Tituba, Sorciere]
<Editors, American Literature> | D. Prelims 4 - Toronto B + Harvard + Michigan + Minnesota
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYU A | Vanderbilt | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Pittsburgh | Indiana | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main Site | 2026-04-17 | ✓ | 2 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |