Question

In a retelling of The Scarlet Letter by John Updike, a Barthian theology professor with this first name disapproves of Dale Kohler’s attempts to prove the existence of God using a computer program. For 10 points each:
[10e] Give this first name taken by Hester Prynne’s husband along with the last name “Chillingworth.”
ANSWER: Roger [accept Roger Chillingworth; accept Roger Lambert; accept Roger’s Version]
[10m] In the chapter “The Leech and His Patient,” Chillingworth finds evidence of Arthur Dimmesdale’s guilt after looking at this thing, which Dimmesdale shows to a crowd around a scaffold before dying.
ANSWER: Arthur Dimmesdale’s chest [or synonyms such as breast; prompt on skin or flesh or body; prompt on descriptions of a scar or other kind of marking by asking “where is it located?”]
[10h] The Scarlet Letter was published by a company named for William Davis Ticknor and this man, who served as a pallbearer at Hawthorne’s funeral. His widow, Annie Adams, shared a Boston marriage with Sarah Orne Jewett.
ANSWER: James T. Fields [or James Thomas Fields; accept Ticknor and Fields or Ticknor, Reed, & Fields]
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Data

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Berkeley AYale A1010020
Berkeley BTruman State1010020
BrownNorthwestern0000
Chicago ACornell A1010020
Columbia ATexas100010
Johns HopkinsIowa State1010020
MarylandToronto A100010
North Carolina AWUSTL A100010
PurdueIndiana0000
StanfordMinnesota A100010
Toronto BDuke0000
WaterlooChicago B100010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 ACF Nationals04/21/2024Y1210.8375%33%0%