1. This agreement prevented relatives of Gerard D’Athée from becoming military officers, and it
served as inspiration for the Levellers’ movement. Parts of it were repealed by 1828’s Offences
Against the Person Act, while its 61st clause was expunged upon its first reissue. Samuel Johnson
asserted that this document was “born with a grey beard”, and it drew from the earlier “Charter
of Liberties”. Stephen Langton pushed for the adoption of this document, which established
habeas corpus and created a twenty-five member council of barons. For 10 points, name this
1215 document signed by King John at Runnymede whose name means “Great Charter”.
ANSWER: Magna Carta
2. Steel alloy 1090 has the highest value of this quantity for any metal, and osmium has the
highest value of it for any single element. One variety of this is measured by dropping a ball
made of tungsten carbide on the surface in question; this is the indentation kind measured by the
Brinell test, which is similar to the Rockwell test. One benchmark used for measuring another
type of this property includes corundum and quartz as well as eight other minerals. Diamond has
the highest value of the scratch type of, for 10 points, which quantity measured by the Mohs
scale?
ANSWER: hardness
3. This artist portrayed a lone figure walking down a dirt path against a mountainous backdrop in
his The Corniche of Monaco, and a portrait of his wife is entitled The Red Kerchief. A series of
eight paintings of his includes paintings with subtitles such as “Sun Breaking Through the Fog”;
that series portrays London’s Houses of Parliament. This painter of The Japanese Bridge also
painted several depictions of Rouen Cathedral, and other well-known series featured numerous
haystacks and water lilies. For 10 points, identify this French painter best known for his 1872
painting Impression: Sunrise.
ANSWER: Claude Monet
4. One character in this work recalls a twelve-year-old boy who died crossing the street while he
waits at the Carisbrooke train station and has some money stolen by a boy who promises to help
him arrive in Sophiatown. That character also tests the integrity of his son’s fiancée by making
false advances; that son has fallen in with a criminal who claims to have a blessed crowbar,
Johannes Pafuri. Other characters include the protagonist’s politician brother John and sister
Gertrude, for whom he leaves Ndotsheni to find. Arthur Jarvis is murdered by Absalom in, for 10
points, which novel about Stephen Kumalo written by Alan Paton?
ANSWER: Cry, the Beloved Country
5. Along with an enlarged spleen, one type of this condition is a symptom of hereditary
spherocytosis. Another type of this disease is detected by Schilling’s test and is characterized by
a deficiency of a molecule sometimes named after castle. Patients with that variety of this
condition produce megaloblasts because of a lack of intrinsic factor, in turn due to a vitamin B12
deficiency. Another type is characterized by the replacement of Hemoglobin A with Hemoglobin
S. For 10 points, give this blanket name for conditions that cause deficiency or abnormality in
red blood cells, which includes iron-deficient, pernicious, and sickle cell types.
ANSWER: anemia
6. This Supreme Court case was interpreted in Missouri v. Jenkins, and evidence that supported
the court’s ruling in this decision was provided by Kenneth Clark’s psychological research. A
companion case to this one was precipitated by a protest led by Barbara Johns and, along with
this case, was argued by McKinley Burnett and Charles Scott. In addition to Briggs v. Elliott and
Bolling v. Sharpe, only Delaware’s Gebhardt v. Belton was found to violate an earlier ruling.
Monroe Elementary School is now a National Monument that honors, for 10 points, which 1954
decision that overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, outlawing de jure school segregation?
ANSWER: Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
7. In one of this man’s works, Razumov is sent to Geneva as a spy after betraying Haldin to the
authorities, and in another, Schomberg’s false promise of treasure incites Jones to kill Axel
Heyst. In addition to Under Western Eyes and Victory, this collaborator of Ford Madox Ford also
wrote about an unnamed narrator who bears a striking resemblance to the murderer Leggatt and a
novel in which the protagonist sacrifices himself after the death of Dain Waris to atone for his
cowardly actions aboard the Patna. Name this author of “The Secret Sharer” who used the
adventurer Marlow to narrate Lord Jim and a novella about Kurst, Heart of Darkness.
ANSWER: Joseph Conrad or Teodor Josef Korzienowski
8. Most of these creatures were the offspring of a cloud in the image of Hera called Nephele and
Ixion. One of these creatures gave Deianira a sample of his poisoned blood and told her that it
would ensure Heracles’ eternal love and another one, Pholus, reluctantly let Heracles open the
communal jug of wine given to these creatures by Dionysus. In addition to Nessus, another one
of these creatures born of Philyra and Cronus saved Peleus after Acastus stole his sword and
tutored Jason and Asclepius. Famous for an attack led by Eurytion against the Lapiths, for 10
points, name this race of which Chiron was a member, pictured as half-man, half-horse.
ANSWER: Centaurs
9. One of these entities occurs between the outer atoms of a cyanogen molecule and between the
two atoms of a carbon monoxide molecule. It has two perpendicular regions of peripheral
electron overlap between orbitals as well as a region of head-on overlap. Present in the cyanide
ion and diatomic nitrogen, this type of bond characterizes the nitrile functional group, and
orbitals involved in this type of bond exhibit sp hybridization. Hydrocarbons that have at least
one of these structures are called alkynes. For 10 points, name this type of covalent bond that
consists of two sigma bonds and a pi bond and is stronger than a double bond.
ANSWER: triple bond
10. After being released from imprisonment at Fort Randall, this man dissolved a summit
meeting by accusing John Logan and Charles Dawes of conducting business while drunk, and he
was murdered by Red Tomahawk after taking the advice of Kicking Bear against his better
judgment. Antagonized by James McLaughlin, this resident of Standing Rock and associate of
Gall did not believe that his prophecy of “soldiers falling from the sky” was fulfilled at the Battle
of the Rosebud. For 10 points, name this Hunkpapa Sioux chief, who, along with Crazy Horse,
defeated George Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn.
ANSWER: Sitting Bull or Tatanka Iyotake
11. The fifteenth chapter of this work criticizes Aristotle’s concept of virtue by arguing that
metaphysics is not consistent with the real world. Its author advises only to ask for advice when
needed to avoid flattery and also notes that “nothing feeds upon itself as liberality does” and that
men must be “pampered or annihilated.” This work also explains how Darius’ successors were
unable to wrest Alexander’s empire away from his heirs and uses Cesare Borgia to illustrate how
it is more advantageous for a ruler to be feared than to be loved. Written as a primer on
governing for Lorenzo di Medici, for 10 points, name this best-known work of Niccolo
Machiavelli.
ANSWER: The Prince
12. The narrator of this work asserts that “a wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its
redresser”, and his family’s coat of arms consists of a golden foot stepping on a serpent biting its
heel. He produces a trowel when asked to prove that he is a Mason by another character who
does not think very highly of Luchresi and exclaims “For the love of God!” near the end of the
work. The narrator can no longer endure the “thousand injures” inflicted on him and carries out
his family’s motto “Nemo me impune lacessit” by burying Fortunato alive. For 10 points, name
this short story narrated by Montresor and named after a type of sherry, a work of Edgar Allan
Poe.
ANSWER: “The Cask of Amontillado”
13. Evidence for waves produced by this force has been gathered by observing orbits of close
binary pulsars, and Arthur Eddington was the first to observe the bending of light by this
phenomenon, called its namesake “lensing”. Transmitted by a yet-undetected particle that has
zero rest mass, this inverse-square force of infinite range is modeled by the equation F equals G
times m sub one times m sub two divided by r squared, where G is a constant measuring 6.67 x
10-11 Newton meters squared per kilogram squared. For 10 points, name this weakest of the four
fundamental forces that Isaac Newton supposedly experienced when watching an apple fall.
ANSWER: gravity or gravitation
14. One of this figure’s sons was the king of Chios and blinded Orion. This father of Oenopion
was equated with the Phrygian god Sabazius and was educated by Silenus. Sometimes called
Zagreus, this god was responsible for giving Midas his golden touch. He persuaded his aunt
Agave and the Maenads under her control to kill his cousin Pentheus and married Ariadne after
Theseus abandoned her. This figure’s mother was killed when she asked to see Zeus in all his
glory; Zeus then put this figure in his thigh. For 10 points, name this “twice-born” son of Semele,
the Greek god of fertility and wine, equated with the Roman Bacchus.
ANSWER: Dionysus
15. One character in this work remarks that “comparisons are odorous”, and one scene involves
Margaret dressing up as one of the protagonists and pretending to be Borachio’s lover, a
deception that is believed by Don Pedro but revealed by Friar Francis. This subplot may have
been inspired by the works of Matteo Bandello and is the result of machinations by Don John to
trick Claudio into thinking that Hero is unfaithful to him. Better known is its account of “a kind
of merry war” between two characters who can’t decide whether they want to get married. For
10 points, name this Shakespearean comedy about Beatrice and Benedick.
ANSWER: Much Ado About Nothing
16. This man took advantage of a coregent’s inebriation to gain permission to leave with his
father on an expedition to fight the Picts; that coregent was Galerius. This ruler also executed his
wife Fausta and son Crispus, and subdued his brother-in-law Licinius at the battles of
Chrysopolis and Adrianople. Lactantius and Eusebius recorded differing versions of this man’s
battle against Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge, and this emperor convened the Council of
Niceaea and issued the Edict of Milan after seeing a vision of the cross before the
aforementioned battle. For ten points, name this 4th century Roman emperor, the first to be
baptized a Christian.
ANSWER: Constantine I or Constantine the Great
17. The namesake of this object also names a formula that assigns a value of (-1)k to a positive
integer n that has k distinct prime factors and also names a related inversion formula. A rectangle
consisting of two 2x1 rectangles with a unit square in the middle can be used to tile it, and
paradromic rings are created by deforming it. Independently discovered by Listing and its
namesake, two of these constructs can be combined to form a Klein bottle. Formed by
reattaching the ends of a closed band after cutting the band and giving it a half-twist, name this
structure named after a German mathematician, a one-sided, nonorientable surface.
ANSWER: Möbius strip
18. One of this writer’s novels follows the titular young woman who becomes a follower of
Savonarola, and in another one of her novels, the title character comforts Gwendolyn Harleth
and, with his wife Mirah Cohen, moves to Palestine. In addition to Romola and Daniel Deronda,
she also wrote a novel in which Tom prevents the deformed Phillip Wakem from becoming
engaged to Maggie Tulliver and another work in which Dr. Lydgate inspires the protagonist to
pursue medical work after the death of Mr. Casaubon. For 10 points, name this creator of
Dorothea Brooke, the author of The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch.
ANSWER: George Eliot or Marian Evans or Mary Ann Evans
19. This nation’s northeastern region is inhabited by the Warao people, and most of its
indigenous population lives in the western state of Zulia. Its Canaima National Park is its
continent’s largest, and this nation controls several islands off of its Araya Peninsula, including
Los Roques and Isla de Margarita. The Casiquiare Channel links this nation’s longest river to the
Amazon, and another famous landmark overlooks Devil’s Mountain and lies on the Churun
River. Home to oil deposits in Lake Maracaibo as well as the Orinoco River and Angel Falls,
name this nation bordered by Colombia, Guyana, and Brazil, whose capital is Caracas.
ANSWER: Venezuela
20. One of this man’s compositions featured a section called “Homesick Blues”, and another of
his orchestral works borrowed heavily from the Charleston dance. This composer of Concerto in
F experimented with rumba-inspired rhythms in his Cuban Overture and featured the songs
“Summertime” and “It Ain’t Necessarily So” in a so-called “American folk opera” based on a
Dubose Heyward novel. This composer of An American in Paris might be best known for a piece
commissioned for Russ Whiteman’s band. For 10 points, name this composer of Porgy and Bess
and Rhapsody in Blue.
ANSWER: George Gershwin
Tiebreaker:
This leader organized the League of Armed Neutrality to dissuade the British from interfering
with members’ shipping interests and installed Stanislaw Poniatowski II as king of Poland after
the death of Augustus III. This author of the Charter to the Nobility and the Instruction of 1767
exiled A.N. Radishchev for expressing nearly the same views espoused in the latter document.
Grigory Orlov helped this monarch come to power, and her minister Grigory Potemkin oversaw
her annexation of the Crimea. Threatened by a revolt led by Pugachev, who claimed to be her
dead husband Peter III, for 10 points, name this Russian empress of the late 18th century.
ANSWER: Catherine II the Great or Catherine II, the Great
Bonus
1. For 10 points each, identify each of the following about laws relating to electricity.
[10] This law states that at constant resistance, the voltage in a conductor is equal to the product
of the current and resistance. Its namesake also names the SI unit of resistance.
ANSWER: Ohm’s law
[10] This law states that the magnitude of an electrostatic force is proportional to the products of
the two point charges involved divided by the square of the distance between them.
ANSWER: Coulomb’s law
[10] Laws named for this physicist include one that states that the sum of the potential difference
around a closed circuit must be zero and one called his junction rule.
ANSWER: Gustav Kirchhoff
2. Identify each of the following American short stories for 10 points each.
[10] Della Young cuts off her hair to buy her husband Jim a watch chain only to find that Jim has
sold his watch to buy her a set of combs in this O. Henry story.
ANSWER: “The Gift of the Magi”
[10] Sanger Rainsford accidentally lands on Ship Trap Island and narrowly escapes General
Zaroff’s hunting prowess, showing why man is given the titular label.
ANSWER: “The Most Dangerous Game”
[10] A king of an unnamed policy metes out “justice” to his daughter’s lover by having him
choose between two doors behind which wait the two title figures in this Frank Stockton story.
ANSWER: “ The Lady or the Tiger?”
3. This event included a raid on Clarksville on unprovoked attacks on the Tutelo and Saponi
tribes, and its leader died unexpectedly before he could confront William Berkeley’s forces. For
10 points each:
[10] Name this 1676 rebellion.
ANSWER: Bacon’s Rebellion
[10] Bacon’s Rebellion took place in this state; the government was most seriously threatened
when Bacon’s forces burned Jamestown.
ANSWER: Virginia
[10] After Jamestown was burned yet again in 1699, this nearby city took its place as the capital
of colonial Virginia.
ANSWER: Williamsburg
4. This work is largely divided into ten “considerations”, and the author cites Deuteronomy
32:35 to enforce his point about nonbelievers. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this 1741 sermon that notes that “their foot shall slide in due time” and compares the
fate of the title figures to “great heaps of light chaff” about to be cast into hell.
ANSWER: “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
[10] This author of the A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God and major figure of
the Great Awakening wrote “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”.
ANSWER: Jonathan Edwards
[10] Edwards shared the Great Awakening spotlight with this Methodist evangelist, who, after
spending time at Oxford, came to Georgia as a missionary and preached in nearly all of the
thirteen colonies.
ANSWER: George Whitefield
5. It is often found near carbonate or clastic rock deposits in alluvial valleys or coastal plains. For
10 points each:
[10] Name this subterraneous H2O found in aquifers.
ANSWER: groundwater
[10] Located just below the capillary fringe, this is the boundary below which the Earth is
saturated with groundwater.
ANSWER: water table
[10] This is the name for the non-saturated zone lying above the water table.
ANSWER: zone of aeration or vadose zone
6. In one version of the story involving him written by José Zorrilla y Morral, he is reformed by
the love of Dona Inés. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this legendary Spanish rake introduced by Tirso de Molina.
ANSWER: Don Juan
[10] This author of Beppo and Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage also wrote a version of the Don Juan
story, although its title has an unconventional pronunciation.
ANSWER: George Gordon, Lord Byron
[10] In this Byron work, seven spirits visit the titular noble, one of which appears in the form of
his dead lover Astarte.
ANSWER: Manfred
7. This man sculpted one of his best-known works while in exile at Elis, and the Varakion is a
Roman copy of another one of his sculptures. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this 5th century BCE Greek sculptor of the Athena Promachos and most of the Elgin
marbles.
ANSWER: Phidias
[10] Phidias was also responsible for the design of this temple of Athena located on the
Acropolis.
ANSWER: Parthenon
[10] The title figure of this work of Phidias is draped in gold and holds Nike in his right hand and
a scepter in his left. It’s considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
ANSWER: Statue of Zeus at Olympia or the Olympian Zeus or anything including Zeus and
Olympia
8. For 10 points each, answer the following about rulers of various Italian city-states.
[10] As well as popes Leo X and Clement VII, this family that ruled Florence from 1434 to 1737
also produced rulers such as Cosimo I and Lorenzo the Magnificent.
ANSWER: de Medici family
[10] This city that is not Genoa was the center of a thousand year long republic ruled by officials
called doges, the most famous of which included Enrico Dandolo and Francesco Fosari.
ANSWER: Venice or Venezia
[10] Formerly known as the Attendoli, this family wrested control of Milan from the Visconti
and ruled the city for much of the 15th and 16th centuries.
ANSWER: Sforza family
9. The speaker of this poem tells the addressee that “there is a power whose care / teaches thy
way along that pathless coast” and concludes that same guiding hand “will lead my steps aright”.
For 10 points each:
[10] Name this poem whose addressee might retire to the “plashy brink / of weedy lake, or marge
of river wide” if it can avoid being shot.
ANSWER: “To a Waterfowl”
[10] This poet of “The Ages”, who asked of his love “How shall I know thee in the sphere which
keeps / the disembodied spirits of the dead…?” in “The Future Life” also wrote “To a
Waterfowl”.
ANSWER: William Cullen Bryant
[10] Bryant is best known for this poem in which the speaker tells one who “holds communion”
with Nature’s “visible forms” that he “shalt go to mix for ever with the elements”. Its title means
“view of death”.
ANSWER: “Thanatopsis”
10. If both parents of an individual each carry one allele of this type for a certain trait, that
individual has a 25% chance of inheriting that trait, assuming simplified conditions. For 10
points each:
[10] Name this type of allele whose phenotype is only inherited if an individual has two copies
of that allele.
ANSWER: recessive allele
[10] Alleles for this type of trait are most often recessive, implying that males are much more
likely to express phenotypes for them. Hemophilia is an example of this kind of trait passed on
either the X or Y chromosome.
ANSWER: sex-linked trait
[10] Another disease caused by a sex-linked trait is the Duchenne variety of this disease that
causes the wasting away of a certain type of tissue.
ANSWER: muscular dystrophy
11. Shortly after winning a pivotal election, this man established the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, and he shared the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. de Klerk. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this first black president of South Africa who spent twenty-eight years in prison prior
to becoming president. He was succeeded in 1999 by Thabo Mbeki.
ANSWER: Nelson Mandela
[10] Mandela was convicted for his involvement in the Spear of the Nation, the military wing of
this political party, from which the Congress of the People split in 2008.
ANSWER: African National Congress
[10] This African National Congress leader is South Africa’s current president. His ally Kgalema
Motlanthe assumed the office while this man was on trial for corruption charges.
ANSWER: Jacob Zuma
12. “The Day that Never Comes” was the lead single from this band’s most recent album, Death
Magnetic. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this thrash metal band that features vocalist James Hetfield and guitarist Kirk
Hammet whose albums include …And Justice For All and Ride the Lightning.
ANSWER: Metallica
[10] While on tour supporting Ride the Lightning, this bassist for Metallica was killed in a bus
accident. He was replaced immediately by Jason Newsted, then by Robert Trujillo.
ANSWER: Cliff Burton
[10] Many consider Metallica’s masterwork to be this 1986 album featuring “Battery”,
“Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” and the title track in which Hetfield says that the title figure is
“pulling your strings”.
ANSWER: Master of Puppets
13. In a flashback in this volume, the title character falls in love with a woman he thinks
resembles Botticelli’s rendering of Zipporah. For 10 points each:
[10] Identify this first section of a larger collection that relates the title character’s problems with
Odette and the narrator’s recollection of his childhood after he eats a tea-soaked madeleine.
ANSWER: Swann’s Way
[10] Swann’s Way is the first installment of the series Remembrance of Things Past, the
masterwork of this Frenchman.
ANSWER: Marcel Proust
[10] A series similar in scope to Remembrance of Things Past is this man’s The Human Comedy.
Individual novels of his include Cousin Bette and Pere Goriot.
ANSWER: Honore de Balzac
14. According to the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus, this operation is the inverse of
integration. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this mathematical operation, defined as the limit as h approaches zero of the
difference quotient.
ANSWER: differentiation or derivative
[10] Differentiation of composite functions is performed using this rule, which states that the
derivative of f of g of x equals f prime of g of x times g prime of x.
ANSWER: chain rule
[10] This type of derivative is used to differentiate multivariate functions with respect to one
variable at a time.
ANSWER: partial derivative
15. The town of Moshi is located near the base of this mountain, which is composed of three
extinct volcanoes, Kibo, Mawensi, and Shira. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this mountain located around 140 miles south of Nairobi, the highest peak in Africa.
ANSWER: Mount Kilimanjaro
[10] Kilimanjaro is located in this African nation, which administers the Pemba Islands and
whose inland features include the wildlife-rich Gombe National Park and the southern portion of
Lake Victoria.
ANSWER: Tanzania
[10] This inland city of 150,000 was designated as Tanzania’s capital in 1974, but most
governmental offices still operate in Dar es Salaam.
ANSWER: Dodoma
16. The invading force at this battle landed at Pevensey, and Harold II was among the casualties
here. For 10 points each:
[10] Following the Battle of Stamford Bridge, name this 1066 battle in which William the
Conqueror secured his control over the control of England.
ANSWER: Battle of Hastings
[10] Named after a region controlled by William’s half-brother Odo, this tapestry depicts the
deaths of Harold and two of his brothers as well as the rest of the Battle of Hastings.
ANSWER: Bayeux Tapestry
[10] Harold II had earlier killed this earl of Northumbria, his brother, at the Battle of Stamford
Bridge.
ANSWER: Tostig
17. This theory assumes that valence electron pairs around a central atom are as far away from
one another as possible. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this theory, complementary to valence bond theory, that classifies central atoms in
bonds according to their molecular geometries.
ANSWER: VSEPR theory or valence shell electron pair repulsion theory
[10] Species displaying this molecular geometry include methane and the sulfate ion. In this
configuration, the central atom is surrounded by four bonds and no lone pairs.
ANSWER: tetrahedral molecular geometry
[10] Substituting one bond for a lone pair in a tetrahedral molecule yields one with this
molecular geometry. Ammonia is one example.
ANSWER: trigonal pyramidal molecular geometry
18. This piece’s Largo movement was adapted into the song “Goin’ Home”. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this symphony that blends Bohemian and African-American folk music written while
its Bohemian composer was visiting the United States.
ANSWER: Symphony from the New World or New World Symphony or Dvorak’s Symphony No.
9 in E Minor
[10] This composer of the Moravian Duets and Symphonic Variations also wrote the Symphony
from the New World.
ANSWER: Antonin Dvorak
[10] Originally published in two parts, Dvorak also composed this collection of piano duets
recalling traditional dances like the furiant and dumka.
ANSWER: Slavonic Dances
19. The Meech Lake Accord asserted this entity’s role as a separate entity within the nation in
which it is located, and Rene Levesque founded a political party named for it. For 10 points
each:
[10] Name this Canadian province that held a referendum on secession in 1980, the only
province in which French is the dominant language.
ANSWER: Quebec
[10] That 1980 referendum was defeated in part due to the efforts of this Liberal Party prime
minister who governed from 1968 to 1979 and again from 1980 to 1984.
ANSWER: Pierre Elliott Trudeau
[10] This name was given to the initiative led by Jean Lesage beginning in 1960 that increased
government job opportunities for French speakers and garnered additional federal tax dollars for
the province.
ANSWER: Quiet Revolution
20. Along with his friend Arkady, the protagonist of this work is asked to spend a few days at the
estate of Madame Odintsova, with whom he falls in love. For 10 points each:
[10] Name this novel in which Pavel wounds the nihilist Yevgeny Bazarov in a duel, forcing the
latter to leave Marino.
ANSWER: Fathers and Sons
[10] This author of “The Diary of a Superfluous Man” and the volume A Sportsman’s Sketches,
which included the stories “Two Landowners” and “Hamlet of Shchigrovsky Province”, also
wrote Fathers and Sons.
ANSWER: Ivan Turgenev
[10] In this Turgenev play, Natalya becomes bored with her friendship with Mikhail Rakitin and
falls for the younger Belayev. Unfortunately, so does her ward Vera.
ANSWER: A Month in the Country