Question
In a story titled for one of these arrangements, the bourgeois Isabel runs to her room out of shame after reading a letter out loud to her Bohemian friends. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these arrangements. Ngugi wa Thiong'o ("GOO-gee wah thee-ON-go") and co-writer Ngugi wa Mirii ("GOO-gee wah MEER-ee-ay") were arrested for writing a play titled for entering one of these arrangements "When I want."
ANSWER: marriage [accept "Marriage à la mode" or I Will Marry When I Want; accept equivalents like getting married or weddings or being wed or matrimony or nuptials]
[10e] The aforementioned "Marriage à la mode" is by this New Zealand author who criticized class consciousness in her short story "The Garden Party."
ANSWER: Katherine Mansfield [or Kathleen Mansfield Murry]
[10h] Bertha Young is shaken in the belief in her perfect marriage after seeing her husband romantically embrace Pearl in this Mansfield short story.
ANSWER: "Bliss"
<Literature - World Literature - Short Fiction>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 42 | 19.05 | 76% | 81% | 33% |