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.

The title character becomes engaged to two women and invites them both to lunch. This novel begins in Elk Hills, where the title character grows up under the tutelage of Doc Vickerson. While a research fellow at the McGurk Institute, the title character discovers the X Principle that might prove a cure for disease, though he learns it was already discovered at the Pasteur Institute. Mentors in this novel include Max Gottlieb and Gustave Sondelius, and the title character's wife Leora dies from the plague on the island of St. Hubert. FTP, identify this novel about a research scientist by Sinclair Lewis.
Literature

This man was the subject of a 1949 Henry Cowell opera designed as a satire against Dwight Eisenhower. He died in exile after a conservative coup led by his successor, Ramn Freire. When his father became viceroy of Peru, he was sent to London, where he met Francisco de Miranda and joined the independentist Lautaro Lodge. He began his public life as a deputy to the Cabildo from La Laja. His cavalry charge at the battle of Chacabuco allowed him to enter Santiago in triumph along with Jose de San Martin in March 1818. FTP, name this descendant of Irish officers in Spanish service, the first ruler of an independent Chile.
History

In one of this man's plays, a character compares the soul to a bladder, while another walks around with balloons tied to his belt. This author of "America Was Promises" wrote that play which uses a (*) circus to tell a modern version of Job, while Bernal Diaz looks back on his time with Cortes in one of this man's poems. For 10 points name this author of "You, Andrew Marvell," J.B., and "Conquistador. "

Literature