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: This dynasty sent Zhang Qian on exploring missions, and it was confronted by the Rebellion of the Seven States. The Records of A Grand Historian were written by Sima Qian during this dynasty, and after the Battle of Jushi, Emperor Wu forced the Xiongnu to become its tributaries. An interregnum by Wang Mang's Xin dynasty divides this dynasty into [*] "Eastern" and "Western" parts. It was founded by Liu Bang after the Qin dynasty and was followed by the Three Kingdoms period. Challenged by the palace eunuchs and the Daoist Yellow Turban Rebellion, for 10 points, name the Chinese dynasty after which the primary ethnic group of China is named.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: At the end of the novel, the title character's daughter marries Aaron Winthrop, who is happy to allow the title character to live with them. After the opium addict Molly Farren dies in the snow, 16 years pass, and the skeleton of Dunstan Cass is found in a drained pit, along with the title character's stolen gold. FTP, identify this 1861 novel, which ends with Godfrey Cass admitting that Eppie is his daughter, the story of a linen-weaver from Raveloe which was written by George Eliot.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: The title creature of one of this author's poems "knew the old no more" and inhabits an area described as having "irised ceiling rent, its sunless crypt unsealed." In another poem, he declared that "harpies of the shore shall pluck / the eagle of the sea!" In one poem, he described a creature who "left the past year's dwelling for the new" and "spread his lustrous coil." The narrator of a poem by this author looks to a "ship of pearl" and exhorts, "Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul!" Another poem by him begins, "Ay, tear her tattered ensign down!" and describes the USS Constitution. For 10 points, name this poet of "Old Ironsides" and "The Chambered Nautilus."

SOLUTION:
Literature