RAVE PACKET 10



RAVE PACKET 10

Set written and edited by current and former students of Rockford Auburn High School (Abid Haseeb, Lloyd Sy, Jordan Hoffmann, Saad Sheikh, Alex Pandya, Michael Kikta, and Jacob Balogh)

1. One of this man’s compositions drew from the work of Ludvig Lindeman. Although he’s not Rachmaninoff, this man composed some Symphonic Dances, and also wrote a work commemorating the author of Jeppe on the Hill. Another of this man’s works is a collection of 66 piano pieces that begins with “Arietta” and includes (*) “Wedding Day at Troldhaugen”. This composer of Lyric Pieces also wrote incidental music to an Ibsen play that includes “Morning Mood” and a work that symbolizes the careful footsteps of the title character of the suite. For 10 points, identify this Norwegian composer of the Peer Gynt Suite, which includes “In the Hall of the Mountain King”.

ANSWER: Edvard Grieg

2. The speaker of this poem laments that “the fever of the world” has “hung upon the beatings of my heart” before elaborating about a “wanderer thro’ the woods.” The speaker sees “hedge-rows, hardly hedge-rows” and notices “some Hermit’s cave, where by his fire/the Hermit sits alone.” After recognizing (*) “gleams of half-extinguished thought”, the speaker of this poem notes that “The picture of the mind revives again.” This poem ends as an address to the poet’s sister Dorothy, and it begins noting that “five years have past.” For 10 points, name this poem composed on a return to the River Wye by William Wordsworth.

ANSWER: “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, on Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour, July 13, 1798”

3. One commander in this battle deceived a commander from Pallene by attacking an ally’s vessel; that latter commander’s actions prompted one leader to state, “My men have become women, and my women men.” In addition to involving Ameinias and Artemisia, this conflict included the capture of Psyttaleia by (*) Aristides. This battle took place following one side’s retreat at Artemisium. The victors at this battle were assisted by a large volume of triremes, and the losing side included a general named Mardonius, who would lose at Plataea soon afterward. For 10 points, identify this Greek naval victory over Xerxes and the Persians.

ANSWER: Battle of Salamis

4. One model of this object’s creation indicates that it is composed of debris and types of ice scattered into space by the gas giants shortly after the solar system’s creation. The hypothesized brown dwarf Nemesis is said to reside within this region, and a disc-shaped area that regularly exchanges matter with this object is called the (*) Hills Cloud. It is sometimes named for the Estonian scientist who hypothesized it; that man was Ernst Öpik. It is usually named for the Dutchman who proposed it, and it is the origin for many long-period comets, such as Hale-Bopp. For 10 points, name this region that determines the outer boundary of our solar system.

ANSWER: Öpik-Oort Cloud

5. The protagonist of this movie gives up his honeymoon money during a bank run, prompting his wife, with the help of Bert and Ernie, to create a model tropical setting in their house. Near the end of this movie, one character sends a message in a copy of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and this film’s protagonist prevented Mr. Gower from accidentally sending (*) poison in a prescription. The main character prevents Bedford Falls from turning into Pottersville and realizes he is still alive after feeling Zuzu’s Petals. For 10 points, name this film that features George Bailey, who realizes his life isn’t all that bad after Clarence the angel shows him how the world would be without him.

ANSWER: It’s a Wonderful Life

6. In this battle the command of Mamayev Kurgan changed multiple times; one army in this battle was aided by the 369th Croatian Reinforced Infantry Regiment. Vasilevsky and Zhukov planned Operation Uranus during this battle, in which Yakov Pavlov held onto an apartment building termed his “house”. During this battle, the Nazis suggested using a so-called “air-bridge” in order to replenish the (*) German Sixth Army. This battle’s beginning involved an attempt to gain the oil fields of the Volga, and this siege was part of the failed Operation Barbarossa. For 10 points, name this World War II siege in which the Germans attempted to gain a Russian city now known as Volgograd.

ANSWER: Battle of Stalingrad

7. The admonition to “Be good!” is repeated twice at the end of this poet’s “Silhouette”. This poet claims that “Democracy will not come/Today, this year/Nor ever” in one poem and he imagines being ordered to “Eat in the kitchen” in a poem beginning (*) “I, too, sing America”. One character created by this man repeats the maxim “Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair.” This author of “Mother to Son” asked if a “dream deferred” withers up like a “raisin in the sun” in his poem “Harlem”, and in another work he states “I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.” For 10 points, name this author of “The Negro Speaks of Rivers”, probably the best-known poet from the Harlem Renaissance movement.

ANSWER: Langston Hughes (accept “Silhouette” before it is mentioned)

8. Oleanane is the name given to chemicals produced by these organisms. Nymphaeales [nim-FAY-uh-leez] is one basal member of these organisms, and recent genetic evidence suggests that Amborella is another. In these organisms, one sperm cell fuses with the egg, and two polar nuclei from the embryo sac fuse with another sperm cell, creating a triploid (*) endosperm, in a process called double fertilization. These organisms are divided into monocots and eudicots by the number of cotyledons. Pollen is carried from the stamen to the pistil in these organisms. For 10 points, identify this group of flowering plants contrasted with gymnosperms.

Answer: angiosperms [or Magnoliophyta; prompt on flowering plants]

9. The Book of Numbers is used as a guide for the teki’ah and shevarim, two actions associated with a ceremony often performed on this holiday. Piyuttim poems are added to services during this holiday. This day honors God’s opening of the Sefer Hachaim, and the ceremony of (*) tashlikh during it symbolizes the casting away of one’s sins as one throws pebbles into a river. It begins the ten days of the Yamim Nora’im, which is often preceded by a period in which the selichot prayers are recited. It falls on the first day of Tishrei, occurring nine days before Yom Kippur. If it does not fall on the Shabbat, then the shofar is blown during this holiday. For 10 points, name this Jewish holiday commemorating the New Year.

ANSWER: Rosh Hashanah

10. In this state, the city of Albury is located on the Hume Highway and has a twin city called Wodonga in another state. This state contains the Jervis Bay Territory, along with Cape Byron on its northeast coast. In 1813, Gregory Blaxland found a way through the Blue Mountains, which lie to the west of this state’s most populous city, which lies south of Gosford and (*) Newcastle. This state contains one third of its country’s population, and it is located south of Queensland. For 10 points—name this state, located north of Victoria on the eastern coast of Australia, that has Sydney as its largest city. It is named after a country in the United Kingdom.

ANSWER: New South Wales

11. One character in this novel, Montag, moves in with Burnster in an act that the protagonist feels suspicious about. Another character in this work has been stagnantly patient for 5 years; that man, Block, is working with Huld. In the next to last chapter of this book, a priest relates a parable of a man who waits outside a (*) door to gain entrance to the law. The protagonist of this work fools around with Leni and purchases three paintings, all of the same thing, from Titorelli. That protagonist is murdered “like a dog” at the end of this novel. For 10 points, name this novel by Franz Kafka about a man who is arrested one day, Josef K.

ANSWER: The Trial (or Der Prozess)

12. A variant on this experiment using a barium borate crystal is named for a certain “eraser”, and the nature of detection is critical in John Wheeler’s “delayed choice” variant on this experiment. Electrons were used in a variation of it done by Claus Johnson, and the original version of this experiment used two barriers and a viewing (*) screen. The light from the openings in those barriers used in this experiment produced a pattern of bright and dark parallel bands called fringes. For 10 points, identify this experiment performed by Thomas Young, which demonstrated the wave nature of light and utilized a pair of namesake openings.

ANSWER: Thomas Young’s double slit experiment [accept either underlined part before “Young” is read; after his name is read, accept only double slit experiment and generously prompt on Young experiment]

13. In one work, this thinker indicated that political emancipation was insufficient for bringing about human emancipation, and that it may even be a hindrance. In another work, he stated that objective truth of thought is a matter of practicality, and that while philosophers have interpreted the world, they must learn to alter it. Another of his works discusses a phenomenon in which relationships are defined in terms of goods, termed (*) “commodity fetishism”. In another work, he and Friedrich Engels discussed the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. For 10 points, identify this German philosopher who co-wrote The Communist Manifesto.

ANSWER: Karl Marx [for those interested, the works described, in order, are On the Jewish Question, Theses on Feuerbach, Das Capital, and The Communist Manifesto]

14. This work’s translation by Arthur Waley is less literal than the more recent translation by Royall Tyler. One character’s descendants include Niou, and another character performs the “Waves of the Blue Sea” dance. The death of one character in this work is signified by the blank chapter (*) “Vanished Into the Clouds”. The Minister of the Right opposes the political ideals of Emperor Kiritsubo in this work. The title character of this work marries Princess Aoi and carries on an affair with Fujitsobo. For 10 points, name this Japanese work written in the Heian Period, by Lady Murasaki.

ANSWER: The Tale of Genji (or Genji Monogatari)

15. One painter from this movement wrote “And all being is flaming agony” on the back of one of his works, in which he depicted a pair of red boars and a blue deer; that was his The Fate of the Animals. Another artist from this movement created a one-act opera titled The Yellow Sound and painted a series of ten “Compositions”, which progressively became more abstract. That colleague of (*) Franz Marc painted the work from which this movement takes its name; that work shows a figure in the titular color riding a horse on a hillside. For 10 points, identify this movement whose key figure, who wrote On the Spiritual in Art, was Wassily Kandinsky.

ANSWER: Der Blaue Reiter [or The Blue Rider]

16. Among those who exacerbated this event were the Mahon family in Strokestown, and one of those who tried to ameliorate this event was Charles Trevelyan. Limitations on assistance during this event were the subject of the Gregory clause, and it is referred to as “an Gorta Mor” or “an Drochshaol” in the country in which it took place. Robert Peel (*) repealed the Corn Laws in response to this event, which resulted in certain people converting just to obtain soup. It was caused by Phytophthora infestans and resulted in the death of over a million people. For 10 points, identify this 19th century event which caused death and starvation in Ireland.

ANSWER: Irish Potato Famine [accept the Great Famine or Great Hunger or an Gorta Mor or an Drochshaol; before mentioned; accept just Potato Famine after the end]

17. This is the primary solo instrument in the original Duke Ellington recording of Caravan and was played by “Tricky Sam” Nanton. Other players of this instrument include Kid Ory, Jack Teagarden, Fred Wesley, and Juan Tizol. J.J. Johnson is known for his album named for a Blue one of these instruments as well as for his partnership with Kai Winding. The famous “Getting Sentimental Over You” is the signature song of (*) Tommy Dorsey, known for his fast vibrato on this instrument. For 10 points, name this instrument, many of which belong to God in a James Weldon Johnson book and 76 of which led a parade in The Music Man. It has a long slide.

ANSWER: trombone

18. This god, along with Bragi, welcomed heroes to Valhalla, and in one form, he visited Ai and Edda, leading to the birth of Thrall. This god attempted to obtain the necklace Brisingamen while in the form of a seal, and owns the sword Hofund and the steed Gulltop. This deity fathered children for all three social classes in his disguise as (*) Rig, a mortal. This god had nine mothers and is known as “golden-toothed”. He blows the Gjallerhorn to signal the beginning of Ragnarok, where he kills and is killed by Loki. For 10 points, name this Norse god who can hear the grass grow, the protector of Bifrost.

ANSWER: Heimdall (accept Bragi before he is mentioned)

19. One of these notes that the “contemplation of universal law” is “perpetual.” Another of them includes the phrase “fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray,” in regard to the passage of a “mighty scourge.” Another of them states, “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this,” and the man responsible for these also stated in that one that “we cannot (*) consecrate-- we cannot hallow-- this ground.” Another of these famously proclaims, “A house divided against itself cannot stand,” and begins, “Four score and seven years ago.” For 10 points, identify these orations by a certain president, which include the Gettysburg Address.

ANSWER: speeches by Abraham Lincoln [accept synonyms for speeches like orations; prompt on inagurual addresses before “It is altogether…” but accept it if it specifies inaugural address of Abraham Lincoln; prompt on something like speeches by American presidents because it’s not specific enough]

20. A linear polyatomic ion containing three atoms of this element has a negative four charge and is only found bonded with lithium and magnesium. In stars, three alpha particles undergo a fusion reaction to produce this element in the triple alpha process, and it is used with nitrogen and oxygen to convert hydrogen to (*) helium. The 2010 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for work with one-atom thick planar sheets of this element. Sixty atoms of this element are bonded together in a buckminsterfullerene, and its other allotropes include diamonds and graphite. For 10 points, identify this element, symbolized C, which is present in all organic compounds.

Answer: Carbon [accept C before mentioned]

1. This man beat Pat Brown and Jesse Unruh for the governorship of California. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this president whose Secretaries of State were Alexander Haig and George Schultz. He defeated Jimmy Carter to win the presidency in 1980. John Hinkley tried to assassinate him in 1981.

ANSWER: Ronald Wilson Reagan

[10] This scandal took place during the Reagan administration. John Poindexter and Oliver North were convicted in this scandal, which involved selling weapons to a Middle Eastern nation in order to fund Nicaraguan rebels.

ANSWER: Iran-Contra affair/scandal/deal/whatever [accept Irangate; or Contragate; or Iran-Contra-Gate]

[10] This former Texas senator’s namesake “commission” implicated Poindexter and North. It pressured other nations not to deal with Iran, and blamed the president’s staff under Donald Regan.

ANSWER: John Tower [accept Tower Commission]

2. This work features a red barn in the right background, and a church steeple is seen in the left background.

For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this oft-parodied Grant Wood painting which depicts Wood’s dentist, Byron McKeeby, and his sister, Nan. They stand side by side with stern looks on their faces, and McKeeby holds a pitchfork.

ANSWER: American Gothic

[10] Grant Wood also painted Daughters of the Revolution, the background of which shows a recreation of this painting. Apparently some schools have censored it because a watch fob is too close to the central figure’s crotch.

ANSWER: Washington Crossing the Delaware

[10] Washington Crossing the Delaware was done by this German-American painter of Revolutionary War scenes.

ANSWER: Emanuel Leutze

3. Name some college basketball teams who are not associated with one of the major conferences, for 10 points each:

[10] This team from the WCC has achieved success in recent years with players like Adam Morrison, who cried after losing in the NCAA tournament. John Stockton also played his college ball at this school.

ANSWER: Gonzaga University Bulldogs (accept either)

[10] In 2009, coach Tommy Amaker led this team to its first win over a ranked opponent in school history, a victory over #17 Boston College. The team missed out on a conference championship in 2011 by losing to Princeton.

ANSWER: Harvard University Crimson (accept either)

[10] This alma mater of Bob Cousy won the 1947 NCAA Tournament and has given a scare to many high-ranked teams in the Tournament in recent years, including a near upset over Kansas as a #16 seed.

ANSWER: College of the Holy Cross Crusaders (accept either)

4. This story contains the repeated line “There must be more money!” For 10 points each:

[10] Give the title of this story named for a toy that Paul receives, after which he realizes that he can predict the victors of races.

ANSWER: “The Rocking-Horse Winner”

[10] “The Rocking-Horse Winner” is a short story by this author, who also wrote the novels Women in Love and Sons and Lovers.

ANSWER: David Herbert Lawrence

[10] Oliver Mellors is the title character of this Lawrence novel, derided as obscene for its sex scenes. Its protagonist marries Clifford, but has an affair with the gamekeeper.

ANSWER: Lady Chatterley’s Lover

5. This man engaged in the War of the Knives against Andre Rigaud and Alexandre Petion. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this man who led a slave rebellion amid division between whites and free people of color in the French colony of St. Domingue. He was betrayed by Jean-Jacques Dessalines and captured by Charles LeClerc.

ANSWER: Francois-Dominique Toussaint L’Overture [accept either underlined part]

[10] After various attempts to subdue the island failed, this independent republic was proclaimed in 1804 as a result of Toussaint L’Overture’s slave rebellion. This Caribbean island has also been ruled by Faustin I.

ANSWER: Haiti

[10] This island was the site of Tacky’s revolt in 1760. In 1831, this island was also the site of a slave rebellion led by Samuel Sharpe, the Baptist War, also known as the Christmas uprising.

ANSWER: Jamaica

6. This goddess painted her face with white mud to escape the pursuits of Alpheius. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this twin sister of Apollo, an eternal virgin who became the patroness of the hunt.

ANSWER: Artemis

[10] Zeus seduced this companion of Artemis, a daughter of Lycaon who was turned into a bear. She was the mother of Arcas.

ANSWER: Callisto

[10] This son of Aristaeus saw Artemis bathing; she subsequently turned him into a stag and sent her dogs to tear him to pieces.

ANSWER: Actaeon

7. This leader was referred to as “supreme leader”, as well as “Dear Leader” and “Generalissimo”. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He died on December 17, 2011 of a heart attack.

ANSWER: Kim Jong-il

[10] This son of Kim Jong-il was named “Great Successor” and was declared Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army. He has been given the official nickname of “The Brilliant Comrade”.

ANSWER: Kim Jong-un

[10] This current Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission and uncle of Kim Jong-un was originally suspected by some to be the successor to Kim Jong-il. Some still believe he will overshadow Kim Jong-un.

ANSWER: Jang Sung-taek [or Chang Sung-taek or Jang Song-thaek; be lenient on pronunciations]

8. Answer these questions about a scientist who discovered some new elements, for 10 points each:

[10] This scientist discovered the elements sodium, potassium, and calcium, as well as many other alkali and alkaline earth metals. He also created a lamp that allowed miners to work safely in the presence of flammable gases.

ANSWER: Sir Humphrey Davy

[10] Willaim Ramsay discovered many of this group of elements. They are on the far right on the periodic table and are relatively inert. Examples include helium and xenon.

ANSWER: Noble Gasses [or Group 18]

[10] Ramsay also discovered this second noble gas with atomic number 10. It has the smallest temperature range for existing as a liquid.

ANSWER: Neon [or Ne]

9. The protagonist of this novel notices that there are 100 letters in a word from Finnegans Wake, and gets rejected by a creative writing program. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this novel about Esther Greenwood, who undergoes psychotherapy with Dr. Nolan after suffering a mental breakdown. It begins with her thoughts on the Rosenbergs.

ANSWER: The Bell Jar

[10] The Bell Jar was written by this author of “Lady Lazarus” and “Daddy”, the wife of British poet Ted Hughes who committed suicide by sticking her head in an oven.

ANSWER: Sylvia Plath

[10] This poem, which also titles a Plath collection, begins with the line “Stasis in darkness.” The speaker compares herself to an arrow that flies at one “with the drive into the red eye.”

ANSWER: “Ariel”

10. Guillaume Amontons formulated some laws concerning this concept. For 10 points each:

[10] First, identify this resistive force which opposes the motion of two bodies which are in contact with one another. It comes in kinetic and static varieties, and its coefficient is symbolized mu.

ANSWER: frictional force

[10] The force of the friction, divided by the coefficient of friction, is equal to this quantity which is perpendicular to the contact force. When a book is lying on a table, this is the upward force that the table exerts on the book.

ANSWER: normal force

[10] This model for friction, which was actually first delineated by Prandtl, describes friction on an atomic scale. Depending on the value of the frictional parameter, it describes superlubricity or stick-slip regimes.

ANSWER: Prandtl-Tomlinson model

11. Answer the following questions about a naval fleet commanded by the duke of Medonia Sodenia,

for 10 points each:

[10] This naval fleet was meant to invade England in 1588, but it failed. It was dispatched by Philip II, and its failure was due in part to the swifter ships of England and the Netherlands.

ANSWER: Spanish Armada [prompt on partial]

[10] This vice admiral under Lord Howard during the English defeat of the Armada pre-emptively shelled the port cities of Cadiz and Corunna in 1587. He circumnavigated the world between 1577 and 1580.

ANSWER: Sir Francis Drake

[10] The Armada was assembled in response to this 1585 treaty which Elizabeth I signed. It provided English cavalry and solders to the Netherlands, and was signed in response to Philip’s signing of the Treaty of Joinville.

ANSWER: Treaty of Nonsuch

12. This piece is a depiction of a Paul Verlaine poem. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this third section of Suite Bergamesque, a popular piano work whose name means “Moonlight”.

ANSWER: “Clair de Lune”

[10] “Clair de Lune” was composed by this Frenchman who also wrote Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun.

ANSWER: Claude Debussy

[10] This piano suite by Debussy is made up of six movements, including “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk” and “Jimbo’s Lullaby”. It alludes to Clementi in its section “Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum”.

ANSWER: Children’s Corner

13. Answer these questions about things you might see Muslims doing inside a masjid, for 10 points each:

[10] Given that a masjid is a Muslim place for worship, it would make sense that salat takes place in a masjid this many times per day. It is also the number of fundamental “pillars” there are in Islam.

ANSWER: five [that’s 5]

[10] You might also see some Muslims donating money in some form. This is often a manifestation of the fulfillment of this Islamic pillar, which, unlike the voluntary sadaqah, is mandatory alms-giving.

ANSWER: zakat [or zakah; be lenient and accept specific forms, like zakat al-fitr]

[10] A slave named Bilal once performed this call to prayer in Islam. It is performed by the mu’azzin, and it differs from the iqama, which takes place immediately before prayer is to occur.

ANSWER: adhan [or azan]

14. If it occurs near a body of water, it can cause a tsunami. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this phenomenon which involves the shaking of the Earth’s crust. The point at which its movement first occurs is called its focus, and its magnitude can be measured using a seismograph.

ANSWER: earthquake

[10] This is the term given to the point on the earth’s surface which is directly above the focus.

ANSWER: epicenter

[10] This specific type of body wave from an earthquake causes particles of rock material to move at right angles relative to the direction in which it is traveling. It cannot pass through liquids or gases.

ANSWER: S wave [or shear wave; or secondary wave, but NOT surface wave, as that is not a body wave]

15. This wife of Lord Guildford Dudley was named the succesor to Edward VI. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify this woman who unfortunately was accused of treason after Wyatt’s Rebellion, after serving as queen of England for nine days.

ANSWER: Lady Jane Grey

[10] This Catholic queen of England succeeded Jane Grey and had several hundred rowdy religious protestors burned at the stake in her namesake “Persecutions”. She was succeeded by Elizabeth I.

ANSWER: Mary I of England (or Bloody Mary)

[10] The maternal grandmother of Jane Grey, whose name was Mary Tudor, was the last wife of this Valois King of France who defeated Venice at the Battle of Agnadello and preceded Francis I.

ANSWER: Louis XII (12) of France (prompt on “Louis)

16. Answer the following about the architectural elements of the Hagia Sophia, for 10 points each:

[10] An initial one of these collapsed during an earthquake in 558, but the nephew of Isidorus reconstructed a steeper one. It seems to float, because it rests on spaced windows. It is, of course, hemispherical in shape.

ANSWER: the dome

[10] At either end of the main dome are half domes, so that the nave resembles an ellipse. Attached to those half-domes are semicircular apses with open ones of these elements, each of which is a series of connected arches.

ANSWER: arcades

[10] The connection between arches and the circular rim of the dome is achieved by the use of four of these concave and triangular elements. The Hagia Sophia is the earliest example of the extensive use of these.

ANSWER: pendentives

17. Name some French poets, for 10 points each:

[10] This poet assigned colors to each of the vowels in one poem, and included “The Drunken Boat” in A Season in Hell.

ANSWER: Arthur Rimbaud

[10] This poet known for his affair with Rimbaud wrote the Saturnine Poems, as well as a poem beginning “It rains on my heart.”

ANSWER: Paul Verlaine

[10] One of this author’s poems, “Memory of the Night of the Fourth”, describes a child who received two bullets in the head. He is better known, however, for the novels Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.

ANSWER: Victor Hugo

18. These are adjusted to the environment by external cues called zeitgebers. For 10 points each:

[10] Identify these “biological clocks” that are located in the superchiasmatic nucleus in mammals. Their cycles last a little over 24 hours in humans.

Answer: Circadian Rhythms

[10] The superchiasmatic nucleus is located in this part of the brain that is responsible for controlling hunger, thirst, sleep and other biological processes.

Answer: Hypothalamus

[10] The hypothalamus also releases this hormone, sent out in large amounts during birth, which promotes uterine contraction. It also stimulates the nipples for breastfeeding and may play a part in orgasms.

Answer: Oxytocin

19. In this novel, Mario works at a radio station broadcasting novelas. For 10 points each:

[10] Name this work in which those novelas are written by Pedro Camacho.

ANSWER: Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (or La tía Julia y el escribidor)

[10] Aunt Juila and the Scriptwriter is a novel by this Peruvian novelist of Conversation in the Cathedral.

ANSWER: Mario Vargas Llosa

[10] This other Vargas Llosa novel, set at the Leoncio Prado Military Academy, contains a scene in which the Slave is killed by the Jaguar.

ANSWER: The Time of the Hero

20. Answer the following about monetary policy in economics, for 10 points each:

[10] When the Fed purchases government bonds, the reserves in banks increase, and thus this characteristic of money increases. It is typically paired with demand.

ANSWER: supply curve [accept things like supply of money]

[10] Contractionary monetary policy leads to this phenomenon, a decrease in the price level. Irving Fisher theorized that recessions were due to this happening to debt.

ANSWER: deflation [definitely not inflation]

[10] The quantity theory of money uses the equation of exchange. According to it, the product of the price level, P, and the level of current real GDP, Y, is proportional to the supply of money, M, and this quantity related to monetary circulation.

ANSWER: velocity of money [or velocity of circulation; prompt on just V]

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