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.

Q: This author wrote a novel in which the Marquis Tudesco tries to help the title character become a good citizen, The Aspirations of Jean Servien. One of this author's characters runs into Madame Trepof, whose husband collects match-boxes, after acquiring a Clark Alexander translation of The Golden Legend of Jacques de Voragine. In another of his novels, a certain society's property rights are established by knocking each other on the head. That novel, in which Charlemagne is represented by Draco the Great, features a discussion between God and the saints about the validity of the snow-blind Breton monk Mael's baptism of the title animals. For 10 points, name this French author of The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard and Penguin Island.

A: Literature
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Q: He adapted Joseph Blackburn's portrait d'apparat method for his works depicting a fat-looking woman with a blue book in Mrs. James Russell, Katherine Graves, an old elegant lady with a hint of a mustache in Mrs. Thomas Boylston, and a red-coated Samuel Adams. Influenced by John Smibert, his later historical works include The Death of the Earl of Chatham and The Death of Major Peirson. His The Boy with a Squirrel got him noticed, and he also painted a famous portrait of Paul Revere at his silver shop. FTP, name this American artist who depicted a dangerous incident occurring in Havana harbor in his Watson and the Shark.

A: Fine Arts
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Q: During a festival held every 12 years by a sect of this religion, pilgrims anoint a 57 foot high statue of Bahubali with substances such as milk and flowers. This religion's most significant figure was born Prince Vardhamana but earned a new name after spending 12 years as an ascetic and achieving kevala, the highest stage of perception. One sect of this religion believes that women must be reincarnated as men before they can achieve moksha, or liberation. That sect, the Digambara, is contrasted with the Svetambara, in that the followers of the former do not wear clothes or own possessions. FTP, name this religion founded by Mahavira whose followers observe the strict doctrine of nonviolence ahimsa.

A:
Social Science
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