TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: Spin foam serves as a model for 4-geometries used to dynamically observe the quantum form of this force. Mossbauer spectroscopy of an iron-57 gamma emitter was used to measure Doppler redshift associated with this force in the Pound-Rebka experiment, and two lead balls were used to construct a torsion balance to measure the magnitude of this force in the Cavendish experiment. Conceptualized by wells in spacetime, for 10 points, identify this weakest fundamental force that causes objects in the air to accelerate to Earth at 9.8 meters per second squared.

SOLUTION: Science

PROBLEM: character in this novel decides to make a sacrifice out of a doll after jumping off of a couch and smashing it. That character undergoes a rough interview in which he misinterprets the French word "doigts" before landing a job under Mr. Pappleworth at Jordan's surgical appliances factory. The protagonist of this novel has an older brother named William who falls in love with a shallow girl from London before succumbing to illness. After his deadbeat coal-miner father Walter gets injured at work, the protagonist of this novel visits the Leivers's farm, where he begins his lifelong relationship with Miriam. That protagonist finds moderate commercial success with his landscape painting after beginning his affair with Clara Dawes, but he is sent into a deep depression after giving his mother an overdose of morphine to end her pain. For 10 points, name this D. H. Lawrence novel about Paul Morel.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: In this novel, the protagonist encounters Arnold Snarb, who wears a pin proclaiming that he is ""Lookin' For A Good Time! "" One character is prescribed LSD by a doctor who used to induce psychological illnesses at Buchenwald. This novel's protagonist investigates the history of Pierce Inverarity. A chapter of this novel is spent investigating a play titled The Courier's Tragedy, a work detailing a feud between two historical companies, Thurn und Taxis and Tristero. Centering on an investigation of a mail company signified by a muted horn, for 10 points, name this novel about Oedipa Maas written by Thomas Pynchon.

SOLUTION:
Literature