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: This work is thought to have been commissioned to replace a lost work on a similar topic by Lorenzo Di Medici. Some of the flora depicted in this work include cattails in the lower left corner and pink flowers falling down next to the central figure. (*) Horae waits behind the title figure and throws a pink cloth over her, while another figure, Zephyr, blows wind behind her to propel her towards shore. For 10 points, identify this work in which the title goddess stands upon a shell in the ocean, a painting by Sandro Botticelli.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: A toy nutcracker is said to be represented by the section titled Gnomus. French women quarrelling in the marketplace is the basis of its section The Market at Limoges. Promenades connect the various sections of this work, whose most famous orchestration was arranged by Ravel. Based on the creations of Victor Hartmann, it contains such sections as Baba Yaga and its last, The Great Gate of Kiev. For 10 points, name this 1874 suite for piano, written by Modest Mussorgsky, which meant to portray one examining various works of art.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: Its unique text was due in large part to the contribution of a 14-year old autistic boy, Christopher Knowles. It is performed in four acts and five interludes, called "knee plays" because of their connective function. Much of the time a violinist wanders between proscenium and pit, and all of the performers are dressed in short-sleeved white shirts and suspenders in this five-hour minimalist work. FTP, name this 1976 opera by Phillip Glass.

SOLUTION:
Fine Arts