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 force is represented by a first derivative with respect to position in the harmonic oscillator equation. In one model, this force stems from tiny electrostatic repulsions. It can be understood as the parallel shear component of the contact force, whose other component is typically calculated as mg cosine theta. It is calculated from a coefficient, symbolized mu, multiplied by the normal force. Rolling motion is affected by the "kinetic" type of this force, which is known as "drag" in fluids. For 10 points, name this force that resists the motion of objects against one another.
[A]: Science


[Q]: In one of this artists canvases, models for his most famous painting are shown dressing in front of that painting. For other, he replaced his own self-portrait with a pot of flowers in the background of a painting of his mistress, Madeliene Knoblock. This painter of Poseuses and Young Woman Powdering Herself was educated at the cole des Beaux-Arts, but helped to form the Society of Independent Artists after panels from his Bathing at Asnires were rejected by the Paris Salon. His most famous style was developed with the artist of The Port of Saint-Tropez, Paul Signac; he eventually used this style to depict Parisians, along with a monkey and two dogs, relaxing in a riverfront park. Name this Neo-Impressionist artist known for his use of pointillism in his masterpiece, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. "
[A]: Fine Arts


[Q]: Vladimir Nabokov's Pale Fire takes its name from a line in this play, and Herman Melville coined an "-ism" of the title figure characterized by a desertion of one's friends. In Act IV, the protagonist compares himself to an oak tree without leaves and turns down food from an acquaintance. The protagonist pays for Ventidus to be released from jail in Act II, and at one point he calls his servant Flavius the most honest man he knows. Because of Flavius' honor, he gives him some of his gold he dug up in his cave, which he calls his "yellow slave". This play begins with a dialogue between a poet and a painter and an important scene occurs when the title character throws a (*) feast for all of his friends, only to serve them plates full of warm water and stones. Reoccurring characters include Apemanthus, a cynic who dislikes the protagonist, and Alcibiades, a soldier who seeks to attack the city from which he was banished. The protagonist learns that money doesn't bring happiness in, for 10 points, what play about a Greek whose generosity leads to bankruptcy, a work by William Shakespeare
[A]:
Literature