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]: In this novel, the protagonist's wife is raped by Phil Connor, and the protagonist's final job in this novel is at Tommy Hind's hotel. Mike Scully's War-Whoop League provides political favor to impoverished workers in this novel. This novel begins with the traditional Lithuanian Veselija wedding feast in which Ona and the protagonist, Jurgis Rudkus, are married in Packingtown. For 10 points, name this novel by Upton Sinclair that graphically described Chicago's meat industry.
[A]: Literature


[Q]: The yield of these compounds can be increased through ball milling of some of their components, and one mode of operation of these compounds proceeds through a mechanism called enantiomorphic site control. A process for the operation of these compounds that proceeds through migratory insertions and obeys the "principle of least nuclear motions" was developed by Cossee and Arlman. Compounds such bis(cyclopentadienyl)titanium chloride and bis(indenyl)zirconium dichloride, known as metallocenes, have been developed as an alternative to the traditional compounds of this type. Those traditional initiators include vanadium trichloride and triethylaluminum, and the product of the application of these compounds to alkenes can result in syndiotactic, isotactic, or atactic products. For ten points, identify these stereoselective compounds used to initiate polymerization, named for a German and an Italian chemist.
[A]: Science


[Q]: The purex process begins by dissolving used nuclear fuel in an aqueous solution of this compound. Heating a mixture of Gunzburg's reagent and this compound gives a yellowish-red residue, while Erdmann's reagent combines it with (*) sulfuric acid. A 90% platinum/10% rhodium gauze catalyst is the most common one used in the first step of the process that produces this compound, which consists of three oxidation steps and is named after a German chemist born in Latvia. This product of the Ostwald Process combines with hydrochloric acid to form aqua regia. For 10 points, identify this strong acid used in the production of fertilizers and other nitro compounds.
[A]:
Science