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: Late in his reign, this king put down revolts led by Ashina of Elam and Nidintu-Bel of Babylon. Other rebellions during his rule include one caused by his brother Artaphernes's response to a request for help from Naxos, leading to an uprising by Aristagoras of Miletus. This man also defeated the Margian leader Frada, as well as a usurper called Gaumata who may have impersonated his brother Bardiya. Those feats are recorded in the trilingual Behistun Inscription, and as king, this man notably succeeded the conqueror of Egypt, Cambyses II. He is best known, however, for ordering an invasion that ended with a decisive defeat by the general Miltiades at the Battle of Marathon. For 10 points, identify this Persian ruler, the father of Xerxes I.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: This figure was worshiped on the Island of Philae. In depictions, a throne symbol often lies atop this deity's head. This deity created a snake out of the earth and had it bite Ra so that Ra would give up his True Name. After a long search, this deity found a box hidden in a tamarisk tree. This goddess reassembled the fourteen (*) pieces of her husband and gave birth to Horus, in order that he would defeat Set. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, the wife and sister of Osiris.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: One character in it is surprised to see that from the moon, the earth "resembles but a little hoop in size"; he has traveled there to recover a colleague's lost sanity. Handel and Vivaldi wrote operas based on this work, which ends with Rogero "raising as high as he could raise in air his dagger" and using it to smite King Rodomonte. The poem was preceded by another author's poem that had the title character "innamorato," and in this work, that title character goes mad with love for Angelica, princess of Cathay, when she absconds with a Saracen knight. For 10 points, what is this epic poem about a noble paladin by Ludovico Ariosto

SOLUTION:
Literature