Packet 12: Bonus 8
A 1954 scandal in this country reacted to a novel whose protagonist shocks his murderous father, “le Seigneur,” by pulling the trigger of an unloaded gun. For 10 points each:
[10h] What country is the setting of Le passé simple (“luh pah-SAY SAWMP-luh”)? An author from this country recounted learning to write at age 20 after growing up an urchin under his abusive father in the memoir For Bread Alone.
ANSWER: Morocco [or the Kingdom of Morocco or al-Mamlakah al-Maghribiyah or Tageldit n Lmeɣrib or le Royaume du Maroc] (Le passé simple is by Driss Chraïbi. For Bread Alone is by Mohammed Choukri.)
[10e] Driss’s tyrannical father in Le passé simple claims descent from this man, the subject of another novel by Driss Chraïbi (“SHRYE-bee”). Salman Rushdie went into hiding after writing a novel that features a dream about this historical man.
ANSWER: Muhammad [accept variations like Mohamet; accept Mahound]
[10m] Like Driss, the protagonist of this novel ascends through the colonial education system, ultimately lecturing on Abu Nuwas at Oxford. This novel about Jean Morris’s murderer is often read as a reverse Heart of Darkness.
ANSWER: Season of Migration to the North [or Mawsim al-Hijrah ilâ al-Shamâl] (by Tayeb Salih)
<HA, World Literature> | NAFTA-Packet-12
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | Muscle Mass Extinction Event | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | HEM |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |