Question
This author attributed some of his musical compositions to a character he created while working as a music critic, the eccentric composer Johannes Kriesler. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of a story featuring the automaton Olimpia. Nathaniel jumps from a tower due to his fear that Coppelius will steal his eyes in this author’s story “The Sandman.”
ANSWER: E. T. A. Hoffmann [or Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann or Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann]
[10h] In Hoffmann’s novel about the “life and opinions” of this character, Kriesler’s biography “on Random Sheets of Waste Paper” gets interspersed with this character’s autobiography.
ANSWER: Tomcat Murr [or Kater Murr; accept The Life and Opinions of the Tomcat Murr or Lebens-Ansichten des Katers Murr]
[10e] A Hoffmann story inspired this ballet in which Marie sees the title toy fight the seven-headed Mouse King.
ANSWER: The Nutcracker [or Shchelkunchik; accept “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” or “Nussknacker und Mausekönig”]
<Jaimie Carlson, Literature - European - Short Fiction> ~22679~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 15.83 | 100% | 53% | 6% |