Question
One of these people is referenced by the name of a seven-year-old who is burned in a plane crash in the third part of Annie Dillard’s Holy the Firm. For 10 points each:
[10m] What people are the subject of the surviving works in the “AB language” dialect, such as the Katherine Group texts and a “wisse” manual? This is the specific term for the vocation of the author of Revelations of Divine Love.
ANSWER: anchoresses [or anchorites; or ancrene; accept Ancrene Wisse; prompt on hermits or mystics] (Dillard’s character is named Julie Norwich.)
[10e] The anchoress Julian of Norwich inspired Dillard’s image of a god the “size of a hazelnut” caught by one of these animals. Pangur Bán, the subject of an Irish monk’s ode, and Christopher Smart’s Jeoffry were these animals.
ANSWER: cats [prompt on pets]
[10h] This 20th-century British poet also vanished from society for religious reasons. Before burning all her works, she wrote about Min, who works on electronic music for Orestes and toys with a smelly opera singer, in her novel The Bloater.
ANSWER: Rosemary Tonks
<JB, British Literature>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Chicago Open | 07/28/2024 | Y | 15 | 12.00 | 73% | 47% | 0% |