Round 10: Tossup 1

Questions 1. A man in this novel is reminded that “experience is as to intensity, and not as to duration” when considering the “ache of modernism” he saw in a character whose wedding was ominously interrupted by a rooster. An “antiquary” named Parson Tringham sets up this novel's plot with the phrase “Good Night, Sir John.” (15[1])This novel concludes as a (*) black flag symbolizing an execution is witnessed by Liza-Lu. After her horse Prince dies, a woman in this novel is forced to work for a man who later rapes her, impregnating her with a child named Sorrow. For 10 points, Angel Clare appears in what Thomas Hardy novel (10[1])where the title character murders Alec at Stonehenge? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Tess of the d’Urbervilles [or Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented]
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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Power %Neg %Avg. Buzz
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-246100%0%17%80.00
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-133100%0%0%66.67
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13475%0%0%88.67
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13580%0%0%87.75
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-243100%33%0%94.33
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24475%0%0%107.67
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30475%0%0%83.67
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-191100%0%0%68.00
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17888%38%0%55.14