Question
In a work by this author, the tramp Luka briefly brings hope to Vaska, but disappears after Vaska kills the landlord Kostylyov (“cost-eel-YOFF”). For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author, who depicted destitute boarding house residents in his play The Lower Depths.
ANSWER: Maxim Gorky [or Alexei Maximovich Peshkov]
[10e] Gorky’s novel The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man uses a term popularized by this man’s novella The Diary of a Superfluous Man. This author wrote Fathers and Sons.
ANSWER: Ivan Turgenev [or Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev]
[10h] The Lower Depths ends with a character with this title informing the boarding house of the Actor’s suicide. Rudolf Erich Raspe created a character with this title and the name Munchausen, whose exploits include riding a cannonball.
ANSWER: baron [accept the Baron or Baron Munchausen]
<Michael Bentley, Literature - European - Drama> ~22138~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 16.11 | 89% | 47% | 25% |