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In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
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This man reformed the fyrd militia system so that it fought in shifts, allowing for the creation of a standing army without disrupting agriculture. In addition to establishing the burhs system of forts, this man built a secret military base on the swamp island of Athelney. This mans advisors included Bishop Asser, who wrote an early biography of him. This author of the so-called doom book won control of all territory west of Watling Street when he won the Battle of Edington against Guthrum the Old. Apart from translating many religious works into English, he is best known for ending the Danegeld. For ten points, name this King of Wessex, the only English monarch with the epithet the Great.
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History


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Some of the figures in this painting are seemingly superfluous:  Mercury stands at the far left, dispelling clouds from above trees laden with golden fruit. A Cupid on the wing aims his little bow, but is probably only there by grace of his mother Venus, above whom he hovers. The action takes place on the right. The West Wind, Zephyrus, pursues a virginal Chloris whom he will rape. Chloris is then shown transformed, bedecked with flowers, as the title character. For 10 points, name this Botticelli allegorical work.
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Fine Arts


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One work by this artist features the title figure working at her profession intently in a yellow dress, next to a blue cushion in the foreground. In addition to The Lacemaker, another one of his works features the title locale with a woman seen churning butter in an alley and another woman sewing in a doorway, The Little Street. Some speculate that he used a camera obscura for the precision of his painting and his pointille technique, evidence such as the detailed map in the background of Officer and a Laughing Girl and the intricate proportions seen in View of Delft. For 10 points, identify this Dutch painter whose most famous painting is The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
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Fine Arts