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.

[EX Q]: The last thing he wrote before his suicide was a story entitled "Gleanings From" his most famous work, the longest of his "palm-of-the-hand" stories. David Henry Hwang wrote this man into a theatrical adaptation of this author's House of the Sleeping Beauties, written after his novel about the twin daughters of kimono salesmen, The Old Capital. Other novels by him deal with the six-month contest between Ottake and Shusai, and with the love of Shimmamura for a northern geisha. For 10 points, name this Japanese author of The Master of Go and Snow Country.
[EX A]: Literature

[EX Q]: It is not serotonin, but the selective reuptake of this compound is inhibited by tiagabine, and it is converted to succinic acid semi-aldehyde, which is subsequently oxidized to succinic acid in the shunt which produces this compound. One receptor for it forms a heteropentameric complex and in immature neurons, this compound facilitates the outward flux of chloride ions, which is why benzodiazepines are ineffective anticonvulsants in newborns. One receptor for it includes a benzodiazepine binding site, and isoguvacine THIP, and muscimol serve as competitive agonists to this molecule. Synthesized by the decarboxylation of glutamic acid, this neurotransmitter is best known for its role as the chief inhibitory neurotransmitter. For 10 points, identify this neurotransmitter, which is often referred to by its four letter acronym.
[EX A]: Science

[EX Q]: This friend of the Thrale family opposed war with Spain in his Thoughts on the Late Transactions Respecting Falkland's Islands, and his last major work was his Lives of English Poets. His friend David Garrick produced his tragedy Irene, and he recounted his travels in A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, a trip he undertook with his biographer, James Boswell. For 10 points, name this author of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, whose most lasting work was compiled between 1745 and 1755 as A Dictionary of the English Language.
[EX A]:
Literature