Question
This author noted that the biblically-inspired tapestries at Hampton Court Palace’s Great Hall were “a good deal faded” in the posthumous travelogue English Notebooks. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this author who described tapestries that were “still unfaded” in his best-known novel. The first chapter of that novel by this author contrasts a rosebush with a prison door made of oak.
ANSWER: Nathaniel Hawthorne [or Nathaniel Hathorne]
[10e] In this Hawthorne novel, tapestries depicting David and Bathsheba appear in the apartment of the minister Arthur Dimmesdale, the father of Pearl.
ANSWER: The Scarlet Letter
[10h] Hawthorne claims that the reader would not want to look “at the wrong side of the tapestry” in the last chapter of this novel, which he was forced to add in order to explain what happens to characters like Hilda and the sculptor Kenyon.
ANSWER: The Marble Faun: or the Romance of Monte Beni [or Transformation: or the Romance of Monte Beni]
<Joseph Krol, Literature - American - Long Fiction> ~23760~ <Editor: Chandler West>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoover A | Winston Churchill A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Innovation Academy A | Heights | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Johns Creek A | Hunter A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Kinkaid | Belmont | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 4 | 20.00 | 100% | 75% | 25% |