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<b><u>string quartet</b></u>s [prompt on <u>quartet</u>s]
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<b><u>guitar</u></b>s [accept <em>Seven <b><u>Guitar</u></b>s</em>; accept <b><u>Guitar</u></b> Bains; prompt on musical <u>instrument</u> until read]
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<b><u>East West Players</u></b> [prompt on <u>EWP</u>]
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Isak <b><u>Dinesen</u></b> (“DIN-uh-sen”) [or Karen <b><u>Blixen</u></b>]
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<b><u>dance</b></u> [or word forms; accept <b><u>Tanz</b></u> or word forms; accept “The Spanish <b><u>Dancer</b></u>” or “Spanische <b><u>Tänzerin</b></u>”] (The poems clued in the first three lines are, respectively, Sonnets to Orpheus II.18, Sonnets to Orpheus I.25, and Duino Elegy IV. For “The Spanish Dancer” and the Sonnets to Orpheus I have used MacIntyre’s translations, which perhaps are not the best available, but at least are very literal.)
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<b><u>denticity</u></b> [accept specific word forms like poly<b><u>dentate</u></b> or flexi<b><u>dentate</u></b> ligands]
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<b><u>Ibn Baṭṭūṭa</u></b> (“IB-un buh-TOO-tuh”) [or Abū Abdullah Muḥammad <b><u>ibn Baṭṭūṭah</u></b> or Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn ‘Abd Allāh al-Lawātiyy aṭ-Ṭanjiyy <b><u>ibn Baṭṭūṭah</u></b>] (Biru is also known as Oualata.)
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<b><u>Ngũgĩ</u></b> wa Thiong’o (“n’goo-gee wah thee-ON-go”) [or James <b><u>Ngugi</u></b>; prompt on <u>Thiong’o</u>] (<em>I Will Marry When I Want</em> was co-written by Ngũgĩ wa Mirii. The venue is the Kamiriithu Community Education and Cultural Centre.)
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<b><u>cross-coupling</u></b> reactions [or palladium-catalyzed <b><u>cross-coupling</u></b> reactions or <b><u>hetero-coupling</u></b> reactions; accept <b><u>Suzuki coupling</u></b> until “Suzuki” is read; prompt on <u>Suzuki</u> reaction until “Suzuki” is read; prompt on <u>coupling</u> reactions; prompt on <u>amination</u>s; prompt on intramolecular <u>Heck</u> transformations; reject “homo-coupling reactions”]
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<b><u>Mapuche</u></b> people [or <b><u>Araucan</u></b>os; or <b><u>Araucan</u></b>ians; prompt on <u>Pehuenche</u> or <u>Lafkenche</u> by asking “what larger group are those people sometimes considered a part of?”]
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<b><u>natural killer</u></b> cells [or <b><u>NK</u></b> cells]
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William <b><u>Walton</b></u> [or William Turner <b><u>Walton</b></u>]
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<b><u>compensatory lengthen</u></b>ing [prompt on <u>lengthen</u>ing or descriptions of the vowel getting <u>longer</u>]
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<b><u>infected</b></u> by a <b><u>virus</b></u> [accept obvious equivalents; accept answers that name specific viruses like <b><u>TMV</b></u>, <b><u>HIV</b></u>, or <b><u>COVID</b></u>; prompt on <u>infected</u> or synonyms until “points” is read by asking “what type of agent is causing the infection?”]
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Gertrude <b><u>Stein</b></u>
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<b><u>gold</u></b> [accept <b><u>Au</u></b> before read]
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<b><u>emotion</u></b>s [or <b><u>affect</u></b>s; accept <b><u>emotion</u></b> words; accept <b><u>emotion</u></b>al faces; accept <b><u>emotion word–emotion face</u></b> Stroop task; prompt on <u>feeling</u>s; prompt on <u>mood</u>s; prompt on temporary <u>state</u>s; prompt on <u>word</u>s by asking “for what phenomena?”; prompt on <u>face</u>s or facial <u>expression</u>s by asking “those faces correspond to what other phenomena?”]
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<b><u><em>2666</b></u></em>
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<b><u>monarch of Spain</u></b> [accept <b><u>king of Spain</u></b>; accept <b><u>monarch of Portugal</u></b> or <b><u>king of Portugal</u></b>; prompt on <u>king</u> or <u>monarch</u> by asking “of what domain?”; prompt on <u>ruler of Spain</u> by asking “with what title?”; reject “queen” or “queen of Spain”] (The painting in the first sentence is Velázquez’s <em>Philip IV in Brown and Silver</em>, and the painting of the “corner grocer” is <em>Charles IV of Spain and His Family</em> by Francisco Goya.)
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<b><u>Thutmose</b></u> [or <b>Thutmosis</b> or <b><u>Thothmes</b></u>; accept <b><u>Thutmose I</b></u>; accept <b><u>Thutmose III</b></u> or <b><u>Thutmose</b></u> the <b><u>Great</b></u>; accept <b><u>Thutmose IV</b></u>; accept <b><u>Thoth is born</b></u> before mention] (That limestone ruin was the Great Sphinx of Giza.)
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<b><u>C</u></b> major [accept <em>In <b><u>C</em></u></b>]
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Ernst <b><u>Cassirer</b></u> (“kah-SEER-er”) [or Ernst Alfred <b><u>Cassirer</b></u>]
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bank <b><u>run</u></b>s [accept Northern Rock bank <b><u>run</u></b>; prompt on bank <u>fail</u>ures or bank <u>collapse</u>s; prompt on financial <u>panic</u>s or financial <u>crisis</u> or <u>crises</u>; prompt on answers indicating <u>withdraw</u>als from banks or financial institutions; reject “recession(s)”; reject “depression(s)”] (<em>Q<sup>*</sup><sub>t</sub> </em>symbolizes bank asset liquidation price at time <em>t</em>.)
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<b><u>Uganda</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Uganda</u></b>] (The first author is Byron Kawadwa. The playwright and scholar are Elvania Namukwaya and Pio Zirimu.)
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<b><u>metapopulation</u></b>s [prompt on <u>population</u>s]
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<b><u>culture-bound</u></b> syndrome [or <b><u>culture-bound</u></b> disorder; or <b><u>culture-specific</u></b> syndrome]
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The <b><u>Invisible Committee</u></b> [or <b><u>Comité Invisible</u></b>]
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<b><u>Philippines</u></b> [or Republic of the <b><u>Philippines</u></b>; or Republika ng <b><u>Pilipinas</u></b>] (The fairy tale is “The Three Friends: the Monkey, the Dog, and the Carabao.” The epic is the <em>Ibong Adarna</em>.)
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<b><u>simple</u></b> groups [accept finite <b><u>simple</u></b> groups]
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the <b><u>sea</u></b> [or <b><u>ocean</u></b>; or <b><u>umi</u></b>; accept <em>The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the <b><u>Sea</em></u></b>; accept <em>The <b><u>Sea</u></b> and Poison</em> or <b><u><em>Umi</u></b> to dokuyaku</em>]
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<b><u>Orange</u></b> [or <b><u>Oranje</u></b>; or House of Orange-<b><u>Nassau</u></b>; or Huis van Oranje-<b><u>Nassau</u></b>]
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<b><u>shipwreck</u></b>s [or being <b><u>maroon</u></b>ed; accept descriptive answers indicating a <b><u>disaster</u></b> at <b><u>sea</u></b> or in the <b><u>ocean</u></b>; prompt on thunder<u>storm</u>]
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<b><u>Pyrrho</u></b> of Elis
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<b><u>Country</u></b> [accept Caring for <b><u>Country</u></b>, Welcome to <b><u>Country</u></b>, or Acknowledgement of <b><u>Country</u></b>]
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John <b><u>Brown</u> </b>(<em>The Legend of John Brown </em>is by Jacob Lawrence.)
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<b><u>find</b></u>ing the <b><u>root</b></u>s of a function [or <b><u>find</b></u>ing the <b><u>zero</b></u>s of a function; or <b><u>find</b></u>ing the <b><u>root</b></u>s of a polynomial; or <b><u>find</b></u>ing the <b><u>zero</b></u>s of a polynomial; accept equivalents, such as <b><u>computing</b></u> or <b><u>identify</b></u>ing in place of “finding”; accept <b><u>root-finding</b></u> algorithms; prompt on <u>solving equation</u>s or <u>equation solver</u>s or <u>solving</u> systems of (linear or nonlinear) <u>equation</u>s] (The first sentence is discussed in Wilkinson’s article “The Perfidious Polynomial,” although he notes that the polynomial is in fact not so special, and many real polynomials exhibit such behavior when used as the input for root-finding algorithms. The fractal is the Newton fractal.)
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<b><u>New</u></b> Museum [or <b><u>New</u></b> Museum of Contemporary Art]
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<b><u>death</b></u> [or word forms like <b><u>dying</b></u>; accept <b><u>mortality</b></u>; accept fear of <b><u>death</b></u>; accept <em>The Denial of <b><u>Death</b></u></em>; accept “A 97-Year-Old Philosopher Faces His Own <b><u>Death</b></u>”; accept <b><u><em>Death</b></u>: Philosophical Soundings</em>]
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Thomas <b><u>Gray</b></u>
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<b><u>steric</u></b> hindrance [or <b><u>steric</u></b> effects]
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<b><u>Crete</b></u> [or <b><u>Kriti</b></u>; accept <b><u>Cretan</b></u> War or <b><u>Girit</b></u>in Fethi; accept <b><u>Candia</b></u> or Guerra di <b><u>Candia</b></u> or Niccolò da <b><u>Candia</b></u> until “Candia” is read]
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Georgios <b><u>Grivas</u></b> [accept <b><u>Digenis</u></b>]
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<b><u>prisoner</u></b>s [or synonyms like being <b><u>imprison</u></b>ed, in <b><u>prison</u></b>, or <b><u>incarcerated</u></b>]
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<b><u>New Order</u></b> [or <b><u>Orde Baru</u></b>; accept <b><u>Orba</u></b>; accept <b><u>Suharto</u></b>’s government; prompt on <u>Indonesian</u> government until read by asking “under what leader?”]
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<b><u>font</u></b>s [accept baptismal <b><u>font</u></b>s or holy water <b><u>font</u></b>s; or <b><u>fons</u></b>; accept <b><u>baptistery</u></b>; accept <b><u>baptismal bowl</u></b> or <b><u>baptismal basin</u></b>; prompt on <u>bath</u> or <u>basin</u>; prompt on <u>bowl</u>s; reject “tank”] (The Anglican rite is baptism.)
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Don <b><u>DeLillo</u></b> [or Donald Richard <b><u>DeLillo</u></b>]
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kitchen <b><u>knive</u></b>s [accept <b><u>cleaver</u></b>s; prompt on <u>blade</u>s or <u>saw</u>s; reject “swords”]
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<b><u>Gregory</u></b> I [or <b><u>Gregory</u></b> the Great; accept <b><u>Gregorian</u></b> chant]
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<b><u>Voltaire</b></u> [or François-Marie <b><u>Arouet</b></u>]
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<b><u>Temptation of Christ</u></b> [accept descriptions such as <b><u>Jesus being tempted</u></b> in the desert for 40 days and nights or <b><u>Jesus being tempted</u></b> by the Devil; prompt on answers such as <u>Jesus in the desert</u> or <u>Jesus meeting the Devil</u> with “what occurred then?”]
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natural <b><u>logarithm</b></u> [or natural <b><u>log</b></u> or <b><u>ln</b></u>; accept poly<b><u>logarithm</b></u>]
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Alan <b><u>Lomax</b></u>
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Alberto <b><u>Manguel</u></b> (The story is “The Congress.”)
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Patrick <b><u>O’Brian</b></u> [or Richard Patrick <b><u>Russ</b></u>]
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“A <b><u>Simple Heart</u></b>” [or “Un <b><u>cœur simple</u></b>”]
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<b><u>performance anxiety</b></u> [accept <b><u>stage fright</b></u> or <b><u>audience anxiety</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Performance Anxieties</b></u>: Staging Psychoanalysis, Staging Race</em>; prompt on <u>nerve</u>s, <u>anxiety</u>, <u>panic</u>, <u>fear</u>, or <u>fright</u>; prompt on <u>stress</u>; prompt on <u>choking</u>] (The Alfred Hitchcock film is <em>Stage Fright</em>. The 2003 study is “The ‘Yips’ in Golf: A Continuum Between a Focal Dystonia and Choking.”)
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<b><u>Lithuania</b></u> [or <b><u>Lietuva</b></u>, Republic of <b><u>Lithuania</b></u>, or <b><u>Lietuvos</b></u> Respublika]
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<b><u>Cop City</b></u> [or Atlanta <b><u>Public Safety Training Center</b></u>]
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Sean <b><u>O’Casey</u></b> (the unnamed activist is Patrick Pearse; the unnamed play is <em>The Shadow of a Gunman</em>)
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<b><u>Nosferatu</b></u> [or Count <b><u>Orlok</b></u>; accept <b><u><em>Nosferatu</b></u>: A Symphony of Horror</em>; accept <b><u><em>Nosferatu</b></u> the Vampyre</em> or <b><u><em>Nosferatu</b></u>: Phantom der Nacht</em> or <b><u><em>Nosferatu</b></u>: Phantom of the Night</em>; prompt on <u>Dracula</u> until read]
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<b><u>theta</u></b> [accept <b><u>theta</u></b> roles; accept <b><u>Theta</u></b> Criterion; accept <b><u>theta</u></b> grid] (The IPA symbol is θ.)
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<b><u>cross</u></b>es [or <b><u>crucifix</u></b>es; accept <b><u>cross</u></b> necklaces; prompt on <u>necklace</u>s or <u>chain</u>s]
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<b><u>Budai</u></b> [accept <b><u>Qìcǐ</u></b>, <b><u>Pu-tai</u></b>, <b><u>Hotei</u></b>, <b><u>Bùdài</u></b> héshàng, <b><u>Xiào Fó</u></b>, <b><u>Pàng Fó</u></b>, or <b><u>Kuàilè Fó</u></b>; prompt on <u>Laughing Buddha</u>, <u>Fat Buddha</u>, or <u>Happy Buddha</u>; reject “Buddha”]
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<b><u>wind</u></b> [accept <b><u>wind</u></b> power or <b><u>wind</u></b> energy; accept <b><u>wind</u></b> turbines, <b><u>wind</u></b> farms, <b><u>wind</u></b> power stations, <b><u>wind</u></b> power plants, or <b><u>wind</u></b> parks; prompt on <u>air</u>, air <u>current</u>s, <u>circulation</u>, or <u>atmosphere</u>; prompt on <u>motion</u> or <u>movement</u> or <u>kinetic</u> energy; prompt on <u>electric</u>ity or <u>power</u> or <u>energy</u> by asking “generated with what natural resource?”] (The first line refers to the Technical University of Denmark and Østerild Wind Turbine Test Field.)
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<em>The <b><u>Incoherence of the Philosophers</em></u></b> [or <b><u><em>Tahāfut al-Falāsifa’</em></u></b>; prompt on the <u><em>Incoherence</em></u> or the <u><em>Tahāfut</em></u>] (The KCA is the Kalam Cosmological Argument.)
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Henry <b><u>Ford</u></b> [accept <b><u>Fordism</u></b>]
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<b><u>Peter of Spain</u></b> [or <b><u>Peter of Hispania</u></b>; accept <b><u>Petrus Hispanus</u></b>; accept <b><u>Pedro Hispano</u></b>; prompt on <u>Peter</u> or <u>Petrus</u> or <u>Pedro</u>]
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<b><u>elevation</u></b> [accept <b><u>altitude</u></b> or <b><u>height</u></b>]
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<b><u>firing squad</b></u>s [accept mock <b><u>firing squad</b></u>; prompt on <u>executions</u> or mock <u>execution</u>s] (The Juan Rulfo story is “Tell Them Not to Kill Me!”)
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<b><u>Mercury</b></u>
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<b><u>Natasha</u></b> Rostova [or Countess <b><u>Natalya</u></b> Ilyinichna Rostova; prompt on <u>Rostov</u>a] (The Figes book is <em>Natasha’s Dance: A Cultural History of Russia</em>.)
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Great <b><u>Dismal Swamp</b></u> [accept <b><u>Lake Drummond</b></u>; accept <em>Dred: A Tale of the Great <b><u>Dismal Swamp</b></u></em>; accept <b><u>Dismal Swamp</b></u> Canal Company; prompt on <u>swamp</u> or <u>wetland</u> until “wetland” is read; prompt on <u>North Carolina</u>, <u>NC</u>, <u>Virginia</u>, or <u>VA</u> until each is read by asking “what natural area in that state?” prompt on the <u>Tidewater</u> or <u>Chesapeake</u> or <u>Albemarle</u>; reject “marsh”]
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Raya <b><u>Dunayevskaya</u></b> (“DOO-nuh-YEFF-skuh-yuh”) [or Raya <b><u>Shpigel</u></b>; or Rae <b><u>Spiegel</u></b>]
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<b><u>Turkey</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Türkiye</u></b>] (The first line describes Orhan Veli Kanık, his poem “Epitaph I,” and the Garip Manifesto. “The Silent Ship” is by Yahya Kemal. The novel is <em>The Forty Rules of Love</em> by Elif Shafak. The memoir is <em>Istanbul: Memories of a City</em>.)
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<b><u>dextran</u></b> [reject “dextrin”]
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<b><u>Thaïs</u></b> (“tah-EESS”) (The play is <em>Paphnutius</em>.)
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<b><u>dejection</u></b> [accept “<b><u>Dejection</u></b>: An Ode”; accept “Stanzas Written in <b><u>Dejection</u></b>, near Naples”]
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<b><u>Senegal</u></b> [or Republic of <b><u>Senegal</u></b>; or République du <b><u>Sénégal</u></b>; or Réewum <b><u>Senegaal</u></b>; or Ndenndaandi <b><u>Senegaal</u></b>]
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<b><u>dead</u></b> [or <b><u>death</u></b>; accept <em><b><u>Death</u></b> and the Dervish</em>; or <em>Encyclopedia of the</em> <em><b><u>Dead</u></b></em>; or <em>The General of the</em> <em><b><u>Dead</u></b> Army</em>; or <em><b><u>Dead</u></b> Souls</em>; or <b><u>mrtvih</u></b>; or <b><u>mjórtvyje</u></b>; or <b><u>vdekur</u></b>]
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<b><u>abuse</u></b> [accept more specific types like emotional <b><u>abuse</u></b>, psychological <b><u>abuse</u></b>, or child <b><u>abuse</u></b>; accept <em>Conflict is Not <b><u>Abuse</em></u></b>; prompt on <u>harm</u>]
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<b><u>Shaka</u></b> [or <b><u>Shaka</u></b> Zulu; or <b><u>Tshaka</u></b>; or <b><u>Chaka</u></b>; or <b><u>Shaka</u></b> kaSenzangakhona; accept <em>Emperor <b><u>Shaka</u></b> the Great</em>]
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Tennessee <b><u>Williams</u></b> [or Thomas Lanier <b><u>Williams</u></b> III]
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<b><u>Zweig</u></b> [accept Stefan <b><u>Zweig</u></b> or Arnold <b><u>Zweig</u></b>] (The second sentence refers to <em>The Post Office Girl</em> by Stefan Zweig.)
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Albert <b><u>Einstein</u></b> [accept <b><u>Einstein</u></b> field equations or <b><u>Einstein</u></b> tensor]
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Pyotr Ilych <b><u>Tchaikovsky</b></u>
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Robert Louis <b><u>Stevenson</u></b> [or Robert Lewis Balfour <b><u>Stevenson</u></b>; accept <b><u>Tusitala</u></b> until read]
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<b><u>Amazon</u></b> rainforest [or <b><u>Amazon</u></b> jungle; accept <b><u>Amazon</u></b> River or <b><u>Amazon</u></b> River Basin; accept <b><u>Gran Chaco</u></b>; prompt on <u>Brazil</u>] (The first line refers to a common story about the creation of the giant water lily <em>Victoria amazonica</em>. The second line describes the Curupira and Mapinguari.)
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<b><u>rubber</u></b> [or <b><u><em>caucho</em></u></b>; accept India <b><u>rubber</u></b>; accept <b><u>latex</u></b>; accept Amazonian <b><u>rubber</u></b>]
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“<b><u>Paul’s Case</b></u>: A Study in Temperament”
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Abraham <b><u>Lincoln</b></u>
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<b><u>canticle</u></b>s [or <b><u>cántiga</u></b>s; accept <b><u><em>Canticle</u></b> of the Sun</em> or <b><u><em>Cántiga</u></b>s de Santa María</em> or <b><u><em>Canticle</u></b>s of St. Mary</em>]
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<b><u>Mars</u></b> [accept <em>The Man from <b><u>Mars</em></u></b> or <em>The <b><u>Martian</em></u></b> Chronicles]
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<b><u>Polish</u></b> [or <b><u>Polska</u></b>] (The novel in the fourth sentence is <em>Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead</em>.)
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<b><u>dome</u></b>s [prompt on <u>hemisphere</u>s]
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<b><u>anchoress</u></b>es [or <b><u>anchorite</u></b>s; or <b><u>ancrene</u></b>; accept <b><u><em>Ancrene</u></b> Wisse</em>; prompt on <u>hermit</u>s or <u>mystic</u>s] (Dillard’s character is named Julie Norwich.)
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<b><u>libraries</b></u> [or <b><u>library</b></u>; prompt on <u>archives</u>; reject “bookshop(s)” or “bookstore(s)”]
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<b><u>catatonia</b></u> [or <b><u>catatonic</b></u> state; prompt on <u>schizophrenia</u> until read by asking “What condition associated with schizophrenia?”; prompt on <u>psychosis</u>]
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<em>n</em>-<b><u>braid</b></u>s
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<b><u>hard</u></b> problem of consciousness [prompt on the problem of <u>consciousness</u> or descriptions; prompt on <u>explanatory gap</u> until read] (The paper in the first sentence is “The Harder Problem of Consciousness” by Ned Block, and the paper in the second sentence is “Facing Up to the Problem of Consciousness” by David Chalmers.)
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<b><u>turbulent</u></b> flow [accept <b><u>turbulence</u></b>]
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