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: Some of the figures in this painting are seemingly superfluous:  Mercury stands at the far left, dispelling clouds from above trees laden with golden fruit. A Cupid on the wing aims his little bow, but is probably only there by grace of his mother Venus, above whom he hovers. The action takes place on the right. The West Wind, Zephyrus, pursues a virginal Chloris whom he will rape. Chloris is then shown transformed, bedecked with flowers, as the title character. For 10 points, name this Botticelli allegorical work.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: Early in his career he was forced to share power with John Carteret, but was eventually able to force his resignation. He spent time in jail for graft during a period of Tory ascendancy, but was most popular for his economic policies, including his establishment of the sinking fund to reduce the national debt, which he had also addressed with his resolution of the South Sea Bubble crisis. However, he was forced from office due to British failures in the early stages of the War of the Austrian Succession. FTP, who was this first official Prime Minister of Britain

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: His plays include The Living Room and The Complaisant Lover, and his short stories are collected in May We Borrow Your Husband. Switzerland is the setting for his Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, while The Human Factor is set in South Africa and World War II. London is set setting for both The End of the Affair and The Ministry of Fear. FTP, identify this British author of The Quiet American and Brighton Rock, best known for such novels as Our Man in Havana and The Heart of the Matter.

SOLUTION:
Literature