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: One work set in this country sees one character relinquish his throne to his son, who eventually has an affair with his own son's wife. Another work from this country centers on 108 bandits who occupy the title location. One novel from this country which produced The Outlaws of the Marsh centers on the retrieval of Buddhist scriptures from India and centers on Sun Wukong ["woo-kong"], who is the Monkey King. For 10 points, name this Asian country, whose classical novels include Dream of the Red Chamber and Journey to the West, which was written during the Ming dynasty.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: As Secretary of State, he sent a paperweight in the shape of a plowshare to everyone with whom he negotiated a treaty. His "thirty treaties" were discussed in his "A Message from Bethlehem," in an attempt to end war for all time. His opposition in a presidential election printed notes with his face and the phrase "In God we Trust . . . for the other 53 cents. " This politician's platform, however, as expressed in his 1896 convention speech got him the nomination to go against the Republican candidate, with running mates Thomas Watson and Arthur Sewall. For 10 points, name this orator who was the Democratic and Progressive candidate for the 1896 election and famously railed against a "cross of gold".

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: In one portrait by this artist, a woman wears a black headband and an empire-waist dress while reclining on an antique settee. Another of his portraits shows soldiers pushing cannons in the background; the left foreground of that painting features stones inscribed with "Carolus Magnus" and "Hannibal." Besides painting Madame Recamier and depicting a red-caped figure atop a rearing horse, this artist showed a turbaned man clutching a piece of paper in a bathtub. For 10 points, name this French Neoclassicical painter of Napoleon Crossing the Alps, The Death of Marat, and The Death of Socrates.

SOLUTION:
Fine Arts