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.

[EX Q]: The protagonist of one of his novellas unearths repressed memories like insulting an old man just because he had a great one-liner ready. In that novella by this author, a family of "some ten or twelve" daughters play games like "proverbs" and "foxes and hounds" at the expense of a main character who gets locked in a room for an hour in a game of "hide-and-go-seek." The narrator of another novella by this author concocts elaborate plans to get revenge on an officer who had shoved him out of the way. This author created a girl who dies in the foster care of the Pogoreltsevs, and who turns out to be the daughter, not of (*) Trusotsky, but of Velchaninov. In the second section, "Apropos of the Wet Snow," of one of his novellas, the protagonist accidentally shows up an hour early to a dinner party and gives a speech insulting all of Zverkov's friends. A novella by this author of The Eternal Husband begins "I am a sick man...I am a wicked man." For 10 points, name this author of Notes from Underground.
[EX A]: Literature

[EX Q]: One antagonist in this work leaves behind the head of Aeschere after killing him. Unferth argues that the success of this work's title character was due to luck. A villager steals a golden cup from a cave towards the end of this work. The title character  beheads the corpse of a figure who had been attacking Herot and decides to help King Hrothgar at its beginning. At the end of this work, Wiglaf helps the protagonist battle a dragon which ultimately kills the hero. For 10 points, name this epic poem about a hero who killed the monster Grendel.
[EX A]: Literature

[EX Q]: To the Otomi and Chichimecs, the Milky Way was the body of one of these creatures named Camaxtli. Gukumatz, a Mayan deity who helps Huracan create the world, takes the form of this animal. During bloodletting rituals, Mayans would attempt to speak to this kind of creature, who might put them into contact with deceased relatives that would crawl out of this creatures mouth. Along with the adjective turquoise, the name of this animal is given to the weapon of the war god Huitzilopochtli. The goddess of women who die in childbirth, Coatlicue, owns a belt made from these creatures. For ten points, name this animal that was being eaten by an eagle on a cactus at the site where Tenochtitlan was built, a type of reptile with no legs.
[EX A]:
Social Science