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.
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Question: It exists because of electron degeneracy pressure; as electrons are compressed closer together, more exist per unit volume and must take on higher energy levels as mandated by the Pauli-exclusion principle. A relativistic state equation can be used to calculate it as the radius of a white dwarf decreases with an increase in its mass. Developed shortly before its namesakes theory on black holes, for ten points, name this value of about 1.4 solar masses, the maximum mass of a star which can be supported against gravitational collapse.

Answer: Science


Question: One character in this novel tries to make up for his misdeeds by donating his retinas. The narrator clears his deceased great-grandfather of a reputation for deserting a (*) peasant revolt, and the protagaonist's alcoholic wife sleeps with a student who has just come back from America. Also, a riot happens at the grocery store run by a Korean named "the emperor. " For 10 points Mitsu has a retarded son in what Kenzaburo Oe novel

Answer: Literature


Question: 21 (Tiebreaker). This man was put in charge of the prison fort of Puerto Cabello [cah-BEY-oh] by Francisco de Miranda. This man appealed for help with his most famous cause in his Letter from Jamaica. Earthquakes and Catholicism were cited as causes for the fall of his country's First Republic in his(*) Cartagena [CAR-tah-HAY-na] Manifesto, and he broke with Jose de San Martin at the Guayaquil [guay-ah-KEEL] Conference. This man won the Battle of Boyaca, liberating Colombia, and he won the Battle of Carabobo in his own country. For 10 points, name this Venezuelan revolutionary, namesake of a country with capitals at Sucre and La Paz.

Answer:
History