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Packet 4: Bonus 1

Meredith McKinney translated a work by this author whose stylistic impermanence is often described with the term Mono no aware (“ah-wah-reh”). For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author who described “Deeply Irritating” and “Elegant” things in a zuihitsu work.
ANSWER: Sei Shōnagon [or Sei Shōnagon or Seijo or Lady Sei; or Kiyohara no Nagiko]
[10e] Shonagon’s Pillow Book is often described as using the Mono no aware motif popularized by this Heian period work about a title prince by Lady Murasaki Shikibu.
ANSWER: The Tale of Genji [accept Genji Monogatari]
[10m] In Ken Liu’s Hugo award winning story, “Mono no aware,” Hiroto dies while imagining doing this activity in outer space. Yasunari Kawabata wrote a novel in which Otaké plays this game for six months.
ANSWER: Go [or The Master of Go]
<Literature - World, Vikram Narasimhan> | VAULT II Packet 04

HeardPPBE %M %H %
3915.9085%62%13%

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3TotalParts
Bella VistaAbbey Park010010E
Cheese SandwichRenert0101020EM
MartingroveGlebe0101020EM
NorthernBurlington Trojans010010E

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardPPBE %M %H %
VAULT II at Georgia Tech2026-01-24✕620.00100%83%17%
Triangle Cup2026-03-13✓320.00100%100%0%
VAULT II at Eden Prairie HS2026-03-13✓316.67100%67%0%
VAULT II at McGill2026-03-13✓415.00100%50%0%
VAULT II at UCSB2026-03-13✓516.00100%60%0%
VAULT II Northern UK2026-04-24✓310.0067%33%0%
VAULT II Southern UK2026-04-24✓412.5050%75%0%
VAULT II at Harvard2026-04-30✓410.0050%25%25%
VAULT II at MINT2026-06-19✓518.00100%60%20%
VAULT II Stanford Online2026-07-17✓820.0088%75%38%