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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Question: The Fraunhofer lines of the Sun's electromagnetic spectrum contain a D-line, sometimes known as a ""doublet,"" produced by transitions in this element's family but traditionally named after this element. This metal is currently made using the Downs Cell. When it is used as a coolant in nuclear reactors, the radioactive 24 isotope of this element is formed. It produces a bright (*) yellow flame when heated. This is the second-lightest alkali metal after lithium. For 10 points, identify this metal whose chloride is table salt.

Answer: Science


Question: This author wrote about Octave de Malivert's love with the title character in Armance, and also published a story collection called the Italian Chronicles. This man also wrote about a resident of Lake Como who attempts to join Napoleon's army before that man, Fabrizio del Dongo, ultimately retires to the titular residence. In addition to The (*) Charterhouse of Parma, this man wrote a novel whose protagonist is sentenced to death after shooting at Madame de Renal. For 10 points, name this French author who created Julien Sorel in The Red and the Black.

Answer: Literature


Question: This work contains a digression about the massacre of Baron Dieskau's column under the orders of Major Effingham three years after the former's defeat at a lake which the protagonist calls the Horican. Later, a series of abductions result when another battle is started by a woman's refusal to surrender a shawl, though the revelation of a tattoo of Unamis convinces Tamenud to suspend the death sentence of one abductee. That character had earlier been saved when the psalmist David Gamut took his place at the stake, allowing Duncan Heyward to escape and join the pursuit of Cora Munro. FTP, name this novel in which the attempted vengeance of Magua leads to the death of Uncas, the second of the novels featuring Natty Bumppo by James Fenimore Cooper.

Answer:
Literature