Question
Some marginalia claim that the “chaste and lovely form” of this woman’s real-life inspiration was “laid in the church of the Franciscans, on the evening of the day she died.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this character, who was possibly based on an ancestor of the Marquis de Sade. The narrator meets this woman in Avignon on Good Friday in an Italian poem addressed to “you who hear the sound in scattered rhymes.”
ANSWER: Laura [accept Laura de Noves]
[10e] This author of the Canzoniere wrote about Laura and popularized a namesake type of sonnet.
ANSWER: Petrarch [or Francis Petrarch; or Francesco di Petracco; or Francesco Petrarca; prompt on Francesco; accept Petrarchan sonnet]
[10h] This English poet at Henry VIII’s court popularized the sonnet in England. This poet drew on the 190th sonnet of Petrarch’s Canzoniere for a poem that opens “Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind.”
ANSWER: Sir Thomas Wyatt
<Michael Bentley, Literature - European - Poetry> ~23809~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington | Johns Creek A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Belmont | Maggie Walker A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Canyon Crest | Thomas Jefferson D | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Hoover A | Hunter A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Innovation Academy A | Canyon Crest | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Johns Creek A | Thomas Jefferson A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 6 | 18.33 | 67% | 100% | 17% |