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: One character created by this author buys a green hat and green suit and refers to black people as 'hubshi.' The prologue from that collection features a Lebanese furniture-maker who has Hans threaten a tramp aboard a cruise ship. "One out of Many" is from a collection whose title story begins with a Zulu boy rejecting the advances of Bobby, who later drives with Linda through the title location. For 10 points, identify this sexist Trinidadian author of In a Free State and A House for Mr. Biswas.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: This man wrote about a creature that "launch'd forth filament, filament, filament" in a poem about a "noiseless patient spider." He wrote "Flood-tide below me! I see you face to face!" in his "Crossing Brooklyn Ferry." He published a "deathbed edition" of his continually revised masterpiece, which includes a poem beginning "I celebrate myself, and sing myself." For 10 points, name this American poet who included "Song of Myself" in his Leaves of Grass.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: One of its later rulers effectively started ruling it after defeating a leader allied with Vytautus. One leader of this polity was defeated at the Battle of Kulikovo, while another ruler of it was assassinated after conquering Tabriz. In addition to Egidu, Mamai, and Jani Beg, one of its leaders sacked Moscow in 1382, and was named Tokhtamysh. The earlier military leadership of the general Subedei had helped it gain land along the Volga, though it was dealt a major blow when its capital Sarai Berke was sacked by Tamarlane in 1395. Originally consisting of Blue and White components, for 10 points, name this khanate first established under Batu Khan, perhaps named for the color of Batu's tent.

SOLUTION:
History