Round 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 after refusing to sail from Portugal. (15[1]-5[1])A ship traveling from a (*) Brazilian plantation to Africa in this novel is caught in a hurricane. The story of Alexander Selkirk inspired this 1719 novel, in which a footprint on a beach leads the title character to eventually rescue a man he names Friday. For 10 points, (10[1])name this Daniel (10[1])Defoe novel about a man shipwrecked on an island. ■END■

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