Packet 4: Bonus 12
In What Matters in Jane Austen, John Mullan argues for the “experimental” status of this novel by asserting that it innovated a “lack of self-knowledge in the very voice of the narration.” For 10 points each:
[10e] The title heroine of what Austen novel mistakes the intentions of Elton and Frank Churchill before marrying Knightley?
ANSWER: Emma
[10h] In a chapter on this word, Mullan points out its centrality to Austen and its occurrence 15 times in Emma. Emma misinterprets this word and “Dixon” when they are given by Frank Churchill in the word game at Box Hill.
ANSWER: “blunder”
[10m] Mullan cites Tony Tanner’s quip that it is hard to like this other Austen heroine because “She is never, ever, wrong.” This heroine, whose uncle owns an Antiguan plantation, is scandalized by the script for Lover’s Vows.
ANSWER: Fanny Price [accept Frances Price; prompt on Price] (from Mansfield Park)
<HA, British Literature> | NAFTA-Packet-4
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 38 | 14.21 | 92% | 50% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Foster Gromit | Polish Orthographers Posting Their Łs | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| It's something unpredictable/that in the end is right/please refrain from e-mailing my wife | Copán Seethe | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 10.00 | 75% | 25% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 10.00 | 80% | 20% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 67% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 17.50 | 100% | 75% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 18.33 | 100% | 83% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Columbia | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 14.00 | 100% | 40% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Richmond | 12/20/2025 | ✓ | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |