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 description of the court of this leader is a History written in Greek by Priscus of Panium. A policy of appeasement was unsuccessfully used by Theodosius II to try and stop this ruler from invading his empire. This man fought a battle against forces under Theodoric I and Aetius on the Catalaunian Plains. This loser of the Battle of Chalons became sole ruler of his people after he arranged the murder of his brother Bleda. For 10 points, name this ruler who gained the title ""Scourge of God"" for his invasions into the Roman Empire while leader of the Huns.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: In this novel, one source of religious authority is the towns vicar Parson Irwine, who cares for his invalid sister Anne. The title character is loved by Mary Burge, the daughter of his employer, and studies with a schoolmaster named Bartle Massey. Set in the town of Hayslope at the end of the 18th century, it features a Methodist preacher named Dinah Morris who eventually marries the title character after the woman he loves is sentenced to death for murdering her illegitimate child. FTP, name this work which features Arthur Donnithorne and Hetty Sorrel, the first novel written by George Eliot, whose title character is an upstanding carpenter.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: The protagonist of his most famous comedy, based on an episode from Juan Ruiz de Alarcn's Truth Suspected, claims that he can't share the recipe for a certain medicine because it is in Hebrew. That protagonist confides in his valet Cliton and eventually declares his love for Lucrece in The Liar. The title character of another play is a Roman soldier at war with Alba, where his wife Sabine is from, and another play, subtitled "The Mercy of Augustus," is titled after the grandson of Pompey. In addition to Horace and Cinna, he wrote a play in which Chimne loves the title character, Rodrigue, who earns his nickname while fighting for the Castilians against the Moors. For 10 points, identify this French playwright of Le Cid.

SOLUTION:
Literature