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: In political thought, this man contributed a comparison of socialism, anarchism, and syndicalism, three of the titular Roads to Freedom. In another work sometimes viewed as a sequel to his What I Believe, he critiqued organized religion and as a whole, writing that "No one can sit at the bedside of a dying child and claim to believe in God" in an attempt to explain Why I Am Not a (*) Christian. Other works by this man include one written with Alfred North Whitehead, in which he explained the whole of mathematics in terms of logical expressions. For 10 points, name this modern British philosopher who wrote Principia Mathematica.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: He attempted to impart a Middle Eastern flavor to works such as the Nuit persane and his fifth piano concerto, known as the "Egyptian. " This composer of the Spanish-flavored Havanaise also wrote a piece which contrasts a reflective opening with a faster section in which the soloist plays in 2/4 against the orchestra's 6/8. Another work for violin and orchestra by this composer required an E to E flat scordatura tuning, was based on a Henry Cazalis poem, features an oboe near the end symbolizing a rooster call and uses the xylophone to depict rattling bones. For 10 points, name this composer of the Introduction and Rondo Cappricioso, Danse Macabre, and Carnival of the Animals.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: Alexandro and Viluppo are two noblemen in this play who have a minor comedic scnee, while one character has a monologue that makes reference to two plays by Seneca, Agamemnon and The Troades. Serberine is the server to one character in this play, but he's silenced so that he can't reveal anything. A later edition of this play added a scene with a painter that was entirely absent in its debut. The bribing of Pedringano serves as a method to discover the complicity of Horatio in this play. Andrea and Revenge serve as the chorus at the start of each act of this play, which sees one character bite his own tongue out at the end so that he can't reveal the role that Bel-Imperia had in the murder of Balthazar. For 10 points, identify this play that may have inspired plot elements from Hamlet about the lost wits of Hieronimo, a play by Thomas Kyd.

SOLUTION:
Literature