Question
In a short story by this author, a couple is too busy bickering to notice that their cab driver ran over a human child instead of a goat. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author of the collection The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher. This author depicted the rise of Thomas Cromwell in her novel Wolf Hall.
ANSWER: Hilary Mantel [or Dame Hilary Mary Mantel; accept Hilary Mary Thompson] (The story from the lead-in is “Winter Break.”)
[10h] The narrator of Mantel’s story “Destroyed” imagines this “beautiful word” in her mind while looking for a dog. This word titles a story in which a trapped man makes an “idiotic” laugh after seeing wolves running down a hill.
ANSWER: interloper [accept “The Interlopers”]
[10e] Mantel praised this author of the short story “Widows” as a “realist with wings.” This author also wrote The Handmaid’s Tale.
ANSWER: Margaret Atwood [or Margaret Eleanor Atwood]
<Ganon Evans, Literature - British - Short Fiction> ~23805~ <Editor: Jim Fan>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 15.28 | 97% | 44% | 11% |