Packet 1: Bonus 10
The speaker remarks that “Security is loud” in contrast to one of these objects that “[shows] her Garnet Tooth.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this sort of object which “basks and purrs” in one poem. The speaker hopes “some loving Antiquary” will cry the name of one of these objects “To the Hills return!” in a poem titled “I have never seen” these objects.
ANSWER: volcanoes [accept “When Etna basks and purrs”; accept “I have never seen ‘Volcanoes’ —”]
[10e] This poet of “When Etna basks and purrs” and “I have never seen ‘Volcanoes’ —” is the subject of Adrienne Rich’s essay “Vesuvius at Home,” which describes visiting her house in Amherst, Massachusetts.
ANSWER: Emily Dickinson
[10m] In this Dickinson poem, the “cordial light” from the speaker’s smile is likened to a “Vesuvian face.” This poem ends by declaring “For I have but the power to kill, / Without - the power to die -.”
ANSWER: “My Life had stood - a Loaded Gun”
<TC, American Literature> | NAFTA-Packet-1
| Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 41 | 12.93 | 98% | 32% | 0% |
Conversion
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total | Parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkeley A | Not Old! (Old) | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Berkeley B | Team 7 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
| Constans Constantius and Constantine Jr. | Stanford B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 | EM |
| Stanford A | Team 8 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | E |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Match | Heard | PPB | E % | M % | H % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 NAFTA at Stanford | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at UBC | 01/17/2026 | ✓ | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA Online | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2026 NAFTA at Vanderbilt | 02/14/2026 | ✓ | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Toronto | 09/13/2025 | ✓ | 4 | 7.50 | 75% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Maryland | 09/27/2025 | ✓ | 5 | 16.00 | 100% | 60% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Harvard | 10/04/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Oxford | 10/11/2025 | ✓ | 3 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2025 NAFTA at Chicago | 11/08/2025 | ✓ | 6 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 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% |