Question
Germaine de Staël (“STAHL”) established the Coppet literary salon after she was exiled for criticizing this man. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this man. In another novel, this man declares “That’s a fine death!” before saving an enemy soldier, who views him as an “insignificant creature.”
ANSWER: Napoleon Bonaparte [or Napoleon Bonaparte; or Napoleon I]
[10m] This author responded to de Staël’s criticism in his complimentary A Life of Napoleon, but later depicted Napoleon more harshly, as shown in a scene showing Fabrizio del Dongo wandering around at the Battle of Waterloo in The Charterhouse of Parma.
ANSWER: Stendhal [or Marie-Henri Beyle]
[10e] Napoleon saves Prince Andrei in this Tolstoy novel, in which Pierre Bezukhov decides Napoleon is the Antichrist.
ANSWER: War and Peace [or Voyna i mir]
<Jaimie Carlson, Literature - European - Long Fiction> ~22675~ <Editor: Jaimie Carlson>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 16.94 | 94% | 64% | 11% |