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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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In the form of Nicippe, the priestess of a grove at Dotium, this figure threw the curse of perpetual hunger upon the man who tried to chop down her grove, Erysichthon. With the titan Iasius she produced the children Philomelus and Ploutus. In another story, she assumes the form of the old woman Doso and her (*) sadness is alleviated somewhat by the jokes of Iambe, after which she bathes a baby boy in fire every night in order to burn away his mortality. This stay in the house of Demophoon' parents is described in the Homeric hymn to this figure which describes the foundation of the Eleusinian mysteries. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess who gave Triptolemus a plow and some other agricultural tools, and who was the mother of Persephone.
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Social Science


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In the aria Mal reggendo, one character in this opera relates how a strange voice stopped his hand from killing his opponent in a duel in Act 1. The arias Di due figli and Abbietta zingara are used by one character to narrate a ghost story to a gathering which is dispersed by the ringing of a bell. In Prima che d'altri vivere, the protagonist bids farewell to his lover after she poisons herself. After the first act in which Ferrando conjures the image of a baby burnt alive on a pyre, Chi del gitano i giorni abbella, or the Anvil Chorus, is sung by a group of gypsies. After the death of Leonora, the mother of Azucena is avenged when Count di Luna orders the execution of the title character Manrico. FTP, name this opera by Giuseppe Verdi.
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Fine Arts


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This symphony's final movement includes a collaboration between a flute and a piccolo, meant to represent an ominous bird. The composer of this symphony included a notation asking for "the largest possible contingent of strings." Its second movement, marked Andante moderato, is an A-flat major landler. This symphony is intended to be played with a five-minute pause after its first movement, which re-used its composer's abandoned piece (*) Totenfeier. It calls for a mezzo-soprano voice in its fourth movement, Urlicht, and includes a setting of Das Knaben Wunderhorn. This symphony in C minor was inspired by a Klopstock poem heard at a funeral that includes the line "Rise again, yes, rise again." For 10 points, name this second symphony by Gustav Mahler.
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Fine Arts