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184775-first

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One chapter in this work considers a criminal who feels guilty for killing a man he wanted to kill but was too weak to deliberately murder.

One chapter in this work considers a criminal who feels guilty for killing a man he wanted to kill but was too weak to deliberately murder. Another section echoes Heraclitus with the assertion that the world is in a permanent state of becoming; that section is titled "On Old and New Tablets." The author bemoans the spread of literacy in the chapter "On Reading and Writing," and refers to democrats as the title creatures in "On the (*) Tarantulas." The prologue to this work exhibits a tightrope walker as one who has lived his life in danger and a jester who threatens the narrator, and that later later goes to the town of Motley Crew. This work describes the ideal man as one who has embraced eternal recurrence, and uses metaphors like dancing and laughter to characterize him. The camel, the lion, and the child are three stages to becoming the ubermensch in, for 10 points, what Nietzsche tract named for a dualistic Persian prophet?

One chapter in this work considers a criminal who feels guilty for killing a man he wanted to kill but was too weak to deliberately murder.

Thus_Spoke_Zarathustra

Thus_Spoke_Zarathustra

Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None [or Also Sprach Zarathustra: Ein Buch fur Alle und Keinen]

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Philosophy

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184777-first

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One character in this work is asked to imitate the month of February, and later explains that a character he calls Semiramis has taken the place of his dead mother whom he let die alone in a ditch.

One character in this work is asked to imitate the month of February, and later explains that a character he calls Semiramis has taken the place of his dead mother whom he let die alone in a ditch.

One character in this work is asked to imitate the month of February, and later explains that a character he calls Semiramis has taken the place of his dead mother whom he let die alone in a ditch.

The_Chairs

The_Chairs

The Chairs or Les Chaises

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Literature

Terrapin Invitational Tournament

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184778-first

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Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich extended his critiques of the educational system to this discipline in a text describing it as a "nemesis," while Hans Georg Gadamer argued that the postmodern form of this discipline has led to the "enigma" of an associated quality.

Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich extended his critiques of the educational system to this discipline in a text describing it as a "nemesis," while Hans Georg Gadamer argued that the postmodern form of this discipline has led to the "enigma" of an associated quality. Guiding principles for Bimaristans can be found in a major treatment of this discipline, which saw Avicenna abandon the deductive reasoning of his metaphysical works and is often known as his (*) "Canon." Erasistratus postulated pneuma as the driving force in his theory of it, while the death of Eudemus and an event named after the Antoninus family were described in treatises on this discipline by its leading Roman proponent. Cnidus and Kos were home to the two major Greek schools concerned with this discipline. For 10 points, identify this discipline whose philosophies in Western tradition can be traced to the work of Galen and Hippocrates.

Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich extended his critiques of the educational system to this discipline in a text describing it as a "nemesis," while Hans Georg Gadamer argued that the postmodern form of this discipline has led to the "enigma" of an associated quality.

Philosophy_of_medicine

Philosophy_of_medicine

(Philosophy of) medicine [accept reasonable equivalents like health, etc.]

guesstrain

Philosophy

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184779-first

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This work opens with "Qui suis-je? du Theatre Antique," introducing a mezzo-soprano commentator.

This work opens with "Qui suis-je? du Theatre Antique," introducing a mezzo-soprano commentator. One character in this opera complains about his charges in "Moi, je suis Aristee," which contains optional falsetto notes, and later offers the solemn reflection "La mort m'apparait souriante." That man's servant constantly bitches about no longer being king of the Boetians after the central female character discovers that her sheep-tending lover (*) Aristee is actually the master of John Styx. This opera's title character disrupts a feast of the gods at the goading of Public Opinion despite the fact that both he and his wife absolutely hate each other. A lightning bolt startles the hell out of that title figure after the famed "Galop Infernal," parodying a Gluck work in which he fatefully looks back at Eurydice. Famously featuring music for the can-can, for 10 points, name this Jacques Offenbach opera about a Greek Musician in Hades.

This work opens with "Qui suis-je? du Theatre Antique," introducing a mezzo-soprano commentator.

Orpheus_in_the_Underworld

Orpheus_in_the_Underworld

Orpheus in the Underworld [or Orphee aux enfers]

guesstrain

Fine Arts

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184781-first

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These constructs can be omitted in Density Functional Theories in a uniqueness result named for Hohenberg and Kohn.

These constructs can be omitted in Density Functional Theories in a uniqueness result named for Hohenberg and Kohn. Woodward and Hoffman used these constructs to predict stereo- and regio-selectivity of pericyclic reactions. Koopmans' theorem relates the energy of these constructs to ionization energy. In Hartree-Fock theory these are the (*) eigenfunctions of the Fock operator, and are linear combination of Gaussian functions. They can also be calculated by Self-Consistent Field theories. They can be used to calculate bond order, and these predict the paramagnetism of gaseous oxygen and the stability of radicals like nitric oxide. Their antibonding variety is usually denoted with an asterisk. For 10 points, name this extension of Lewis and VSEPR theory to multi-atom systems

These constructs can be omitted in Density Functional Theories in a uniqueness result named for Hohenberg and Kohn.

Molecular_orbital_theory

Molecular_orbital_theory

Molecular Orbital Theory [prompt on MO, prompt on electron "orbital" until mentioned]

guesstrain

Science

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184782-first

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A pivotal period in this city's history was prefaced by the abolishment of the Council of 60, which was caught between the Council of 200 and the "Little Council."

A pivotal period in this city's history was prefaced by the abolishment of the Council of 60, which was caught between the Council of 200 and the "Little Council." Henry II's Edict of Chateaubriand severely restricted this city's commercial efforts while simultaneously flooding it with impoverished immigrants. A series of moderately tense standoffs over playing cards dominated this city's politics under an administration backed by the Berthelier family, who had helped throw out the House of (*) Savoy. William Farrell facilitated the rise of one of this city's most notable leaders, who responded to the presence of the author of Two Books of Dialogues on the Trinity, Michael Servetus, by lighting him on fire for having dared to annotate copies of The Institutes of the Christian Religion. Noted for a period of intense austerity and religious fervor during the mid-1500s, for 10 points, name this Swiss city run by occasional violent menace John Calvin.

A pivotal period in this city's history was prefaced by the abolishment of the Council of 60, which was caught between the Council of 200 and the "Little Council."

Geneva

Geneva

Geneva

guesstrain

History

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184783-first

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This author wrote about Ellen Roxburgh surviving the wreck of the Bristol Maid in Fringe of Leaves.

This author wrote about Ellen Roxburgh surviving the wreck of the Bristol Maid in Fringe of Leaves. Felicity Bannister breaks off her engagement to John Galbraith after an ambiguous rape in The Night the Prowler, collected in this author's The Cockatoos. Katina Pavlou and Alyosha Sergei Sokolnikov meet the title character in a French hotel in a story which chronicles Theodora Goodman's descent into madness, The Aunt's Story. The artist Hurtle runs away from an adoptive rich family and later meets the Lolita figure (*) Kathy Volkov in one novel, while the sexually ambiguous titular character becomes Eudoxia, Eddie, and Eadith, those novels are The Vivesector, and The Twyborn Affair. For 10 points, name this Australian author who used Ludwig Leichhardt as the basis for his novel about an explorer of the Outback, Voss.

This author wrote about Ellen Roxburgh surviving the wreck of the Bristol Maid in Fringe of Leaves.

Patrick_White

Patrick_White

Patrick White

guesstrain

Literature

Terrapin Invitational Tournament

regular_college

184784-first

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The Mishnah Tractate Berakhot includes a story about Rabbi Gamliel's recitation of the Shema after performing this action, even though he was exempt, while another Rabbinical ruling about this action says that men may perform it on the Sabbath if they have never done so before.

The Mishnah Tractate Berakhot includes a story about Rabbi Gamliel's recitation of the Shema after performing this action, even though he was exempt, while another Rabbinical ruling about this action says that men may perform it on the Sabbath if they have never done so before. This action sees the recitation of the Sheva Brachot, and after this action, the provisions of (*) shalom bayit should be observed. The taboo of negiah no longer applies to the this action, which may be reversed by a get, while the document produced during the performance of this action is written in Aramaic instead of Hebrew and is called a Ketubah. Traditionally performed under a chuppah, for 10 points, name this action during which a veil traditionally masks the face of the bride.

The Mishnah Tractate Berakhot includes a story about Rabbi Gamliel's recitation of the Shema after performing this action, even though he was exempt, while another Rabbinical ruling about this action says that men may perform it on the Sabbath if they have never done so before.

Wedding

Wedding

wedding or marriage

guesstrain

Religion

Terrapin Invitational Tournament

regular_college

184785-first

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Fazlur Khan's DeWitt Plaza in this city popularized the tubular design used in the World Trade Center, while prior to winning the commission for New York's Flatiron Building, Burnham and Root designed the Monadnock and Masonic Temple buildings in this city.

Fazlur Khan's DeWitt Plaza in this city popularized the tubular design used in the World Trade Center, while prior to winning the commission for New York's Flatiron Building, Burnham and Root designed the Monadnock and Masonic Temple buildings in this city. Sarrinen lost the bid for a building in this city that features art deco sculptures by Chambellan and chunks of famous world buildings imbedded in the walls. To deal with the soft clay beneath the site of one building in this city, a floating raft of railroad ties was used as the foundation for the (*) Auditorium Building, co-designed by Dankmar Adler. The firm behind the Dubai's Burj Khalifa, Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, has designed notable buildings here, while Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate stands near Gehry's Millenium Park in this city, home to Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House. The namesake of a school promoted by Louis Sullivan, for 10 points, name this home to the Hancock Center and Sears Tower.

Fazlur Khan's DeWitt Plaza in this city popularized the tubular design used in the World Trade Center, while prior to winning the commission for New York's Flatiron Building, Burnham and Root designed the Monadnock and Masonic Temple buildings in this city.

Chicago

Chicago

Chicago

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Terrapin Invitational Tournament

regular_college

184788-first

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This work contains the story of La Louve, the she-wolf, and the narrator is warned from marrying his wife by her aunts the Hulbirds.

This work contains the story of La Louve, the she-wolf, and the narrator is warned from marrying his wife by her aunts the Hulbirds. That wife is notably attracted to the date August 4th, but another character is disgraced by his political enemies in the Kilsyte case. That character had been caught seducing a servant in the back of a carriage, and other conquests of his include Mrs. Basil, Mrs. Maidan, La Dolciquita, and a mad woman who can only say (*) "Shuttlecock," Nancy. However, the plot is set in motion when he is revealed to be having an affair with the narrator's wife Florence, who pretends to have a heart condition and later poisons herself. For 10 points, identify this novel narrated by John Dowell about the adulterous Edward Ashburnham, written by Ford Maddox Ford.

This work contains the story of La Louve, the she-wolf, and the narrator is warned from marrying his wife by her aunts the Hulbirds.

The_Good_Soldier

The_Good_Soldier

The Good Soldier

guesstrain

Literature

Terrapin Invitational Tournament

regular_college

184789-first

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Its central action was preceded five years earlier by the botched Operation Eagle Claw, instigated by the hijacking of American Travelway Flight 282 from Athens to New York.

Its central action was preceded five years earlier by the botched Operation Eagle Claw, instigated by the hijacking of American Travelway Flight 282 from Athens to New York. New World Revolutionary Organization leader Abdul Rifa, who emerged as its central villain, used the covert backing of Iran to first divert the plane to Algiers prior to an abortive raid; that action was followed by a landing in Beirut, where U.S. forces under the command of Colonel Nick Alexander suffered their lone casualty in the course of a successful rescue operation that saw Major Scott McCoy resolve the crisis using (*) rockets fired from his motorcycle. Featuring Robert Forster, Lee Marvin, and Kim Delaney and followed by a sequel pitting its star against Colombian drug lords, for 10 points, name this 1986 film whose titular elite counter-terrorist organization is led by Chuck Norris.

Its central action was preceded five years earlier by the botched Operation Eagle Claw, instigated by the hijacking of American Travelway Flight 282 from Athens to New York.

The_Delta_Force

The_Delta_Force

The Delta Force

guesstrain

Trash

Terrapin Invitational Tournament

regular_college

184792-first

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This government briefly and disastrously put its army quartermasters in charge of all transportation logistics, leading to a horrifying incident in which 61 prisoners suffocated when troops lost track of them after locking them in a freight transport.

This government briefly and disastrously put its army quartermasters in charge of all transportation logistics, leading to a horrifying incident in which 61 prisoners suffocated when troops lost track of them after locking them in a freight transport. An early test for this government was the Orissa famine, while an early death knell for this state was the failure of the Cripps mission. This state responded to the tepid reception of its (*) Montagu-Chelmsford reforms by cracking down through the Rowlatt Acts, and was plagued by the long-running Moplah unrest. Reginald Dyer, a commander for this state, went absolutely insane and turned his car-mounted machine guns on a crowd of festival-goers in a 1919 massacre, while a caravan of protesters arrived at Dandi and began making salt to protest this government's taxes. The perpetrators of the Amritsar massacre, for 10 points, name this state protested by Mahatma Gandhi, a colonial administration directed by the Crown to oversee cities like Delhi and Bombay.

This government briefly and disastrously put its army quartermasters in charge of all transportation logistics, leading to a horrifying incident in which 61 prisoners suffocated when troops lost track of them after locking them in a freight transport.

British_Raj

British_Raj

The British Raj or British India [prompt on partial answer; accept anything establishing that British people are in control of India]

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History

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184887-first

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This artist's Ecce Homo was commissioned with Cigoli's and Passignano's by Cardinal Massimo, who earlier commissioned his paintings depicting a "Crowning with Thorns.

This artist's Ecce Homo was commissioned with Cigoli's and Passignano's by Cardinal Massimo, who earlier commissioned his paintings depicting a "Crowning with Thorns." A bunch of Utrecht painters, including Hendrick Terbrugghen, formed a group named after him. A Jesus dressed in red appears in one of his works, which shows Cleophas rising from his chair and Peter outstretching his arms. Another work by him shows an open window at the top with light streaming from the side and a man with a red sleeve pointing towards the titular tax collector. For 10 points, identify this Chiaroscuro master known for pieces like Supper at Emmaus and The Calling of St. Matthew.

This artist's Ecce Homo was commissioned with Cigoli's and Passignano's by Cardinal Massimo, who earlier commissioned his paintings depicting a "Crowning with Thorns.

Caravaggio

Caravaggio

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Early Fall Tournament (EFT)

easy_college

184960-first

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One theory about how these structures evolved posits that they originally were used by the cell to break down the compound they now synthesize.

One theory about how these structures evolved posits that they originally were used by the cell to break down the compound they now synthesize. Its action was observed in an experiment in which a fluorescent filament of actin was attached to its gamma subunit and turned counterclockwise in the presence of a certain molecule. The F0 complex of this protein forms a channel through the membrane, whereas the F1 complex stretches into the matrix. The binding of a proton to one of the c-subunits in the (*) F0 produces a 1/10 turn in the gamma subunit of this protein, in turn driving a conformational change in the alpha-beta subunit which allows for the binding of the namesake molecule. FTP, name this enzyme present in the mitochondrion, which creates a highly energetic molecule via phosphorylation.

One theory about how these structures evolved posits that they originally were used by the cell to break down the compound they now synthesize.

ATP_synthase

ATP_synthase

ATP synthase (also accept ATP synthetase, Adenosine Tri-Phosphate synthase, etc.)

guesstrain

Trash

Terrapin Invitational Tournament

regular_college

185948-first

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This man wrote of a girl who meets a supernatural being named Geraldine in his poem Christabel, while he wrote that his genial spirits fail/and what can these avail in his Dejection: An Ode.

This man wrote of a girl who meets a supernatural being named Geraldine in his poem Christabel, while he wrote that his genial spirits fail/and what can these avail in his Dejection: An Ode. In another poem, he wrote of Alph, the sacred river and of an Abyssinian maid with a dulcimer singing of Mount Abora. In addition to that poem which includes a stately pleasure dome, this man wrote a poem in which the speaker addresses a wedding guest and tells him that there was water, water everywhere,/nor any drop to drink after he shot an albatross. For 10 points, name this poet of Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

This man wrote of a girl who meets a supernatural being named Geraldine in his poem Christabel, while he wrote that his genial spirits fail/and what can these avail in his Dejection: An Ode.

Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge

Samuel_Taylor_Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

guesstrain

Literature

Fall Kickoff Tournament (FKT)

easy_high_school

186396-first

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This man left unfinished operas based upon the writings of Nikolay Gogol, Gustave Flaubert, and Alexsandr Pushkin.

This man left unfinished operas based upon the writings of Nikolay Gogol, Gustave Flaubert, and Alexsandr Pushkin. Maurice Ravel omitted the Promenade in an arrangement of this man's most famous work, a 10 movement piano suite dedicated to architect Viktor Hartmann. A member of the group of Russian musicians known as The Five, his Night on Bald Mountain was included in Disney's Fantasia. For 10 points, identify this composer of Boris Gudonov and Pictures at an Exhibition.

This man left unfinished operas based upon the writings of Nikolay Gogol, Gustave Flaubert, and Alexsandr Pushkin.

Modest_Mussorgsky

Modest_Mussorgsky

Modest Mussorgsky

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Fall Kickoff Tournament (FKT)

easy_high_school

186397-first

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This city is the current location of Canova's Cupid and Psyche, and a Michael Graves hotel in Disney Paris was designed to imitate the pleasures of this city.

This city is the current location of Canova's Cupid and Psyche, and a Michael Graves hotel in Disney Paris was designed to imitate the pleasures of this city. Joseph Stella is best known for depicting an iconic bridge in this city. Its tallest building was designed by Shreve, Lamb and Harmon. One critic from this city used the phrase "an explosion in a shingle factory" to describe a painting exhibited in this city's Armory Show. Robert Moses designed much of this city, and Frederick Law Olmstead was responsible for some of its parks. Featuring the Guggenheim Museum and the Chrysler building, for 10 points, identify this city home to the Empire State Building.

This city is the current location of Canova's Cupid and Psyche, and a Michael Graves hotel in Disney Paris was designed to imitate the pleasures of this city.

New_York_(state)

New_York_(state)

New York

guesstrain

Fine Arts

Early Fall Tournament (EFT)

easy_college

187085-first

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This book's final chapter chronicles how one of its protagonists starts to starve himself to death, during which he claims to have seen the edge of hell but is now near heaven.

This book's final chapter chronicles how one of its protagonists starts to starve himself to death, during which he claims to have seen the edge of hell but is now near heaven. Another chapter of this novel describes how a premature baby named Catherine is buried near the corner of a church with the Lintons. One character in this novel is freed by the housekeeper Zillah after she is imprisoned for many days. The frame story of this novel is set up between Nelly's tale to Lockwood about Thrushcross Grange and the titular locale. For 10 points, name this novel about Heathcliff and his relationship to Catherine Earnshaw, written by Emily Bronte.

This book's final chapter chronicles how one of its protagonists starts to starve himself to death, during which he claims to have seen the edge of hell but is now near heaven.

Wuthering_Heights

Wuthering_Heights

Wuthering Heights

guesstrain

Literature

Early Fall Tournament (EFT)

easy_college

189628-first

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He rebutted the moralist views of W.K. Clifford in an essay which categorizes live, forced, and momentous options.

He rebutted the moralist views of W.K. Clifford in an essay which categorizes live, forced, and momentous options. He's the first namesake of a theory which states that emotions result from the perception of a physiological stimulus, rather than emotions preceding autonomic responses. One of his essays asks whether a man chasing a squirrel around a tree is by definition "going round" the squirrel. This author of "The Will to Believe" and The Principles of Psychology argued that "truth" is only what is most expedient to believe. He collected his Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh as The Varieties of Religious Experience, and his Lowell lectures were collected as a work which shares its name with a movement started by C.S. Peirce. For 10 points, name this American philosopher who wrote Pragmatism.

He rebutted the moralist views of W.K. Clifford in an essay which categorizes live, forced, and momentous options.

William_James

William_James

William James

guesstrain

Philosophy

Early Fall Tournament (EFT)

easy_college

189629-first

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Mutations in dardarin have been linked to some hereditary cases of this disease.

Mutations in dardarin have been linked to some hereditary cases of this disease. One drug used to treat this disease is administered with a peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor in order to increase its half-life. One new treatment for this disease is deep brain stimulation of the subthalamic nucleus and globus pallidus interna. MPTP was linked to several instances of this disease in opiate addicts, and this disease is caused by a buildup of ubiquitin and alpha-synuclein-containing Lewy Bodies, which destroy the substantia nigra. Important symptoms of this disease include micrographia, cogwheel rigidity, and a mask-like facial expression. Commonly treated by L-Dopa, for 10 points, name this neurological disorder which causes impaired motor skills and eventually dementia, named for a British scientist.

Mutations in dardarin have been linked to some hereditary cases of this disease.

Parkinson's_disease

Parkinson's_disease

Parkinson's Disease

guesstrain

Science

Early Fall Tournament (EFT)

easy_college

190624-first

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In this novel, the titular character has a son Seryozha and a daughter out of wedlock, Anna.

In this novel, the titular character has a son Seryozha and a daughter out of wedlock, Anna. Dolly's sister Kitty eventually marries Konstantine Levin in this novel which begins "Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." The protagonist's husband refuses to consider a divorce because it will soil their reputation but that doesn't stop that character from meeting Count Vronsky. In the end, she feels that Vronsky has lost interest in her and throws herself in front of a train. For 10 points, name this book written by Leo Tolstoy.

In this novel, the titular character has a son Seryozha and a daughter out of wedlock, Anna.

Anna_Karenina

Anna_Karenina

Anna Karenina

guesstrain

Literature

Fall Kickoff Tournament (FKT)

easy_high_school