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: One character in this work almost drowns in a shower when she sits on the drain, and another is left by his wife because he compares humans to computers. Other events include the Duke di Angelis quartet deciding to play a piece without instruments and the break-in of sailors who believe that the apartment is a brothel. Upstairs, another character dictates a theory to Aubade while cradling a dying bird in his hands. Describing a lease-breaking party thrown by Meatball Mulligan, for 10 points, name this work in which the thermometer always reads thirty-seven degrees and Callisto envisions a "heat-death for his culture," a short story by Thomas Pynchon.

A: Literature
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Q: The earliest discovered writings on these were in the Hittite language and were authored by Kikkuli of Mitanni, while Gryson, an expert on these, helped Xenophon to write two treatises on the subject. Tupac Amaru II and Francois Ravaillac were both executed using four of these, and one of these named Incitatus was legendarily appointed as a Roman senator by Caligula. The Avars brought an invention that eased their use to Europe, and huge masses of these were instrumental in saving the French army at Eylau. Many cities were named after of these owned by Alexander the Great, Bucephalus. For 10 points, name these animals used to transport hussars and knights.

A: Literature
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Q: This man proposed a labor theory of value in a work proposing a paper currency and was a member of the Secret Committee of Correspondence. He obtained documents exchanged between two Massachusetts politicians and gave them to Samuel Adams, starting the Hutchinson Letter Affair. He served on the Committee of Five and indirectly prompted Louis XVI to sign the Edict of Versailles while an ambassador. He drew political cartoons, one of which featured the words "Join or Die" above a snake cut into eight parts. For 10 points, name this man, who, under the pseudonym of Poor Richard, printed an almanac, and allegedly flew a kite in a thunderstorm.

A:
Social Science
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