Packet 1: Bonus 4
José Vieira (“zhoo-ZAY vee-AY-rah”) wrote a three-part book titled for this city, also the setting of a novel in which a lizard narrates the story of an albino man who inherits a collection of antique books. For 10 points each:
[10m] What capital city is the setting of The Book of Chameleons? Ludo bricks herself into her apartment and catches pigeons to survive during a civil war in this city in the novel A General Theory of Oblivion.
ANSWER: Luanda [accept Luuanda]
[10e] In A General Theory of Oblivion, Ludo catches and kills a monkey named after this man. This Marxist revolutionary documented his travels around South America in The Motorcycle Diaries.
ANSWER: Che Guevara [or Ernesto “Che” Guevara de la Serna; accept Che]
[10h] The lives of residents of the Maianga building in Luanda is the focus of this author’s Saramago-Prize-winning novel Transparent City. This mononymous Angolan author also wrote Good Morning, Comrades.
ANSWER: Ondjaki [or Ndalu de Almeida]
<Case Western, World Literature> | I1. Prelims Tiebreaker - NYU A + NYU B + Case Western (Tiebreaker Half 1)
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |