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]: One character in this novel receives news of her brother's death from her father while he uses a lathe. This novel's protagonist develops a friendship with Platon Karataev, a peasant he meets in a prisoner of war camp. Another character, Nikolai, is led to financial ruin after(*) losing 40,000 roubles to Dolokov. Andrei Bolkonski is wounded in battle following the end of his engagement to Natasha Rostova, who falls in love with the novel's protagonist. For 10 points, name this gargantuan Leo Tolstoy novel about Pierre Bezukhov set during the Napoleonic Wars.
[EX A]: Literature

[EX Q]: In 1695, Josua de Grave made another study of the same subject as this painting, but from a different angle. In the center fight of this painting, the roof of the Armamentarium is just visible behind a much larger gated building. An anecdote concerning this painting relates that it was chosen personally by William of Orange, although it was most likely purchased by the Rijksmuseum. The top half of this painting depicts only the sky, with very dark clouds at the top of this painting, and at the bottom of this painting, several people are standing by a boat while two women in black dresses are conversing to the side. The foreground and the background of this work are divided by a large river which reflects the buildings of the background. For ten points, identify this cityscape, a work by Jan Vermeer.
[EX A]: Fine Arts

[EX Q]: Publishing sequences of this type of poem became popular in England after the publication of Sir Philip Sidney's Astrophel and Stella. In this type of poem, the volta, or turn, often comes in the ninth line. One poet wrote primarily in his own form of this style to his love Laura. Another writer who names a form of this type of poem wrote ones including ""My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun"" and ""Shall I compare thee to a summer's day. "" For 10 points, name this poetic form used by Petrarch and Shakespeare, consisting of fourteen lines.
[EX A]:
Literature