Packet 2: Tossup 8

In Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone, Gabriel randomly opens pages of this novel and (15[1])interprets them as prophecy. A character in this novel has renewed faith (-5[1])and prays before planting barley after a vision of (15[1])God tells him “now thou shalt die.” This novel’s protagonist is attacked by wolves in the Pyrenees (15[2])after refusing (15[1])to sail from Portugal. (15[2]-5[1])A ship traveling (-5[1])from a (*) Brazilian plantation to Africa in this novel is caught in a hurricane. The story of Alexander Selkirk inspired this (10[1])1719 (10[3])novel, in which a (10[1])footprint on a beach leads (10[1])the title (10[1])character to eventually (10[1])rescue a man he names (10[1])Friday. (10[2])For (-5[1])10 points, (10[2])name this Daniel (10[1])Defoe novel about a man shipwrecked on an island. ■END■ (10[5])

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