Question
Historian Mark Lawrence Schrad points out that this novel mentions the peril of saloons and alcohol many more times than it condemns the meatpacking industry. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this novel about Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus by Upton Sinclair.
ANSWER: The Jungle
[10h] Sinclair wrote eleven novels about this man, who helps a Jewish family escape Nazi Germany in Dragon’s Teeth. Sinclair named this son of an arms manufacturer after an actual arms manufacturing company.
ANSWER: Lanny Budd [or Lanny Budd; accept the Budd Company]
[10m] An exclamation point was added to the title of this Sinclair novel to avoid a copyright dispute with Walter Gilkyson. Bunny Ross encounters many workers whose lives are ruined by the title industry in this novel.
ANSWER: Oil!
<Literature - American Literature - Long Fiction>
Data
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 42 | 15.95 | 100% | 57% | 2% |