Packet 11: Bonus 15
In his biography of its author, Octavio Paz wrote that this poem was about “the vertigo of being on the edge of the infinite.” For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this long poem in silva form, in which the poet’s soul travels through levels representing different forms of knowledge. It opens with the image of a “pyramid-shaped, dark dismal shadow” pointing to Heaven.
ANSWER: First Dream [or Primero sueño; accept First I Dream; accept The Dream or El sueño or Sor Juana’s Dream]
[10h] Critics link the forms of knowledge in Sor Juana’s First Dream to a grouping made by this author. In her Reply to Sister Filotea, Sor Juana praised the insights of women by quipping “if [this author] had cooked, he would have written much more.”
ANSWER: Aristotle [or Aristotélēs] (The levels of knowledge are often analogized to Aristotle’s ten categories.)
[10e] The poem ends by describing this object “summoning me awake.” A stone named for this object titles an Octavio Paz poem structured around the Aztec calendar.
ANSWER: the sun [or sol; accept “Sunstone” or “Piedra de sol”]
<TM, World Literature> | NAFTA-Packet-11
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 21.54 | 100% | 85% | 31% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lex | WashU | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
| The Worst Trade Deal in the History of Trade Deals | Maybe Ever | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| [Redacted] | W&L+Friend | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | ME |
| four high school generalists shock natives with fluent stock in Tocharian B | St. Marx | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | MHE |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 1 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 20.00 | 100% | 83% | 17% |