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100

What was the name of the literary movement,

represented by Wordsworth and others, that

prized sublime imagery and the natural world?

What is  Romanticism/the Romantic movement

100

Agnes' last name?

What is Iron? 

100

"


What still grows in winter?

Fingernails of witches and femmes,

green moss on river rocks,"

What is "Evergreen?" 

100

Which of the shorter selections ends “You eat it”?

"The Toxic Donut" 

100

This academic decathlon student currently has the most tardies this academic year

Who is Terry? 

200

Emerson was close friends with which other

Transcendentalist author?

Who is Henry David Thoreau? 

200

After Hannah dies, the tracks of what kind of

animal are found around her house?

What is "wolverine? 

200

So might I, standing on this pleasant lea,

Have glimpses that would make me less forlorn;

Have sight of Proteus rising from the sea;

Or hear old Triton blow his wreathèd horn.

What is "The World is Too Much With Us?" 

200

This short selection, written by E.B. White, focuses on summers spent in a special place

What is "Once More to the Lake"?  
200

These four acadeca students attended the Saturday session this weekend.

Who are Joelle, Robert, Luke, and Youri 

300

A work by a famous Transcendentalist says

“Let us demand our own works and laws and

worship.” Who wrote this?

Who is "Emerson"? 
300

Angel says that two emotions had shaped her.

One is fear. What is the other?

What is "anger"? 

300

There was the method of kneeling,

a fine method, if you lived in a country

where stones were smooth.

The women dreamed wistfully of bleached courtyards,   

hidden corners where knee fit rock.

What is "Different Ways to Pray"? 

300

Chen Qiufan, a celebrated Chinese science-fiction author created a text that focuses on a dangerous event that could result in the deaths of two highly trained science professionals. Which text is this?

What is "Space Leek"? 

300

Identify this excerpt:

"

Maybe I had found a way out. Maybe, even as Earth farming had become dominated by machines, space

agriculture would continue to offer a rich realm that humans needed to explore. Maybe, when we thought

we had fully exhausted all the resources these plants could provide, after thousands of years of sowing and

reaping, there was still something greater that could be created out of the most ordinary." 

What is "Space Leek"? 

400

One hopeful novel about climate fiction is Woman

on the Edge of Time. Who is its author?

Who is Marge Piercy? 

400

Who sends Angel fifty-five dollars to come to


Adam’s Rib?

Who is Agnes? 

400

the spell breaks. It's years later, Mattoni lecturing

on his struggling butterfly. How fragile.

What is "The Blue?" 

400

Which of the shorter selections begins “One

summer, along about 1904...”?

"Once More to the Lake" 

400

This writer created "Evergreen," a poem that takes place in the woods during winter, and focuses on meditations on living in despair. The speaker contemplates survival in difficult conditions.

Who is Oliver Baez Bendorf? 

500

Who wrote the 2016 book of literary criticism,


The Great Derangement?

Who is Amitav Ghosh? 

500

Which character especially likes to drink Coke?

Who is Agnes? 

500

Mornings were chilly, frost on windows

etching magic landscapes.  I liked

to stand over the hot air registers

the warmth blowing up my skirts.

What is "The Air Smelled Dirty" 
500

Which of the shorter selections ends “Grandpa,


I’m coming home”?

"Space Leek" 

500

Which author of the shorter selections was born

in 1948 and earned a BA from Harvard?

Who is Heather McHugh