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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 told the story of the creation of the world to Hnossa while her mother was searching for her husband. Among the possessions of this mythological being, who lives in the Heavens Palace or Sky Mountain, includes the sword Hofund and his horse Gulltopp. The son of the nine daughters of Aegir, this god, with the nicknames of Vindhlr, meaning wind shelter, and Gullintanni, meaning golden-toothed, recovered Brisingamen after it was stolen from Freya. Even though he sacrificed an ear to drink from Mimir's well, this god has extraordinary hearing, which he uses to hear the grass grow. FTP, identify this Norse mythological figure who will blow Gjallahorn at Ragnarok, the guardian of Bifrost bridge.
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Social Science


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Japan's Chikyu Hakken is trying to reach this region, and n-waves travel along its upper boundary. Post-perovskite forms in the bottommost part of this region, the D double prime layer. P-waves slow down and S-waves disappear past the bottom of this region, and its top features a P-wave velocity jump from approximately seven to approximately eight kilometers per second. The low velocity zone of the asthenosphere is found in the upper part of this region. It is sandwiched between the Gutenburg discontinuity and the Moho, and this layer's namesake plumes form hotspots. For 10 points, name this layer of the earth between the crust and the core.
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Science


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This novel's central character ponders an alternative to his misery while hearing "Some of These Days" at the Railwaymen's Rendezvous, before which his former lover describes her satisfaction as a "kept" woman. The Corsican punches one of this novel's characters, causing a nosebleed as tries to read all of the books in a library in alphabetical order. The narrator of this novel spends years in (*) Bouville working on the biography of the Marquis de Rollebon, a project that he considers futile after losing both the love of his life, Anny, and his only friend, The Self-Taught Man. This novel ends with a planned move to Paris by diarist Antoine Roquentin. For 10 points, name this novel by Jean-Paul Sartre about a "sweetish sickness".
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Literature