Question
In The Signifying Monkey, Henry Louis Gates Jr. analyzes a scene in which this man holds a book up next to his ear, expecting it to talk. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author whose "Interesting Narrative" describes hardships he experienced on the Middle Passage, as well as his subsequent travels to Turkey and the North Pole.
ANSWER: Olaudah Equiano [or Gustavus Vassa]
[10e] In the collection The Classic Slave Narratives, Gates collected Equiano's "Interesting Narrative" along with this man's story of his escape from slavery in Baltimore. This author of "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" published The North Star.
ANSWER: Frederick Douglass
[10m] That collection also includes Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, written by an author with this first name and last name Jacobs. Gates rediscovered the first African American novel published in the U. S., by an author with this first name.
ANSWER: Harriet [accept Harriet Jacobs or Harriet Wilson]
<Literature - American Literature - Misc Literature>
Data
| Team | Opponent | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont | Adlai E. Stevenson A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Eastchester | Richard Montgomery | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Fremd | Strake Jesuit B | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Hinsdale Central A | Walter Payton A | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Hunter A | Detroit Catholic Central A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Innovation Academy A | Uni of Illinois Laboratory | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| Johns Creek | Northmont | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Lambert A | Audrain County AT | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Lindbergh | Westwood | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Montgomery Blair A | Northview | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Strake Jesuit A | Lexington | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Thomas Jefferson A | Alabama Cyber Tech | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 PACE NSC | 06/07/2025 | Y | 12 | 20.00 | 100% | 33% | 67% |