Packet 6: Tossup 2

Exact word required. A forgetful man with this title is chased by hunting dogs in a scene that parodies Homeric combat as his mentee dispatches them with a cudgel. Viktor Shklovsky titled his memoirs after a novel in which a man with this title receives a passport from Count (15[1])B—, who mistakes him for a literary character. An Aeschylus fan with this title who mentors (-5[1])Pamela’s “brother,” Joseph Andrews, (15[1])is named Abraham (-5[1])Adams. (15[1])Another (-5[1])man with this title (15[2]-5[1])is interrupted (-5[1])by the word “end” (15[1])as he reaches for a (*) fille de chambre. After leaving for Calais, a man with this title (10[2])remembers meeting (10[1])Mundungus and Smelfungus (-5[1])in (10[1])Italy. (-5[3])A Sentimental Journey (10[2]-5[1])is narrated by a Laurence Sterne (10[1])character (10[1]-5[1])with this title (-5[1])named Yorick. (10[5]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[2]-5[1])give this title held by the author of a fable about George Washington (10[2])and a cherry tree, (10[3])surnamed (10[2])Weems. (10[2])■END■ (10[13])

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