Question
In a 1981 book, William Riggan defined four types of this figure as "Pícaros, Madmen, Naīfs, and Clowns". For 10 points each:
[10m] Give this two-word term, coined by Wayne C. Booth in his book The Rhetoric of Fiction, which describes characters who cannot be trusted by their readers.
ANSWER: unreliable narrator
[10h] Riggan cited the title protagonist of this anonymously-published novel as an example of a "picaro" unreliable narrator. This 16th century Spanish novel is often cited as establishing the picaresque genre.
ANSWER: Lazarillo de Tormes [or The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes and of His Fortunes and Adversities or La Vida de Lazarillo de Tormes y de Sus Fortunas y Adversidades]
[10e] This character is cited by Riggan as exemplifying the "naif" unreliable narrator. This "phony"-hating teenager is the protagonist of The Catcher in the Rye.
ANSWER: Holden Caulfield [prompt on Caulfield]
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Data
Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
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Centennial B | Yukon A | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
Uni School of Nashville A | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
Summary
Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
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2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 2 | 25.00 | 100% | 100% | 50% |