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 novel receives news of her brother's death from her father while he uses a lathe. This novel's protagonist develops a friendship with Platon Karataev, a peasant he meets in a prisoner of war camp. Another character, Nikolai, is led to financial ruin after(*) losing 40,000 roubles to Dolokov. Andrei Bolkonski is wounded in battle following the end of his engagement to Natasha Rostova, who falls in love with the novel's protagonist. For 10 points, name this gargantuan Leo Tolstoy novel about Pierre Bezukhov set during the Napoleonic Wars.

A: Literature
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Q: Racial violence in this city began with the 1909 lynching of William James, as well as the later 1967 murder of black soldier Robert Hunt. Its Chief of Police was shot in 1969 violence stopped when Governor Richard Ogilvie sent in the National Guard. Rooster Cogburn opened a bar here after the Civil War, and it was the inspiration for Eden in Charles Dickens' Martin Chuzzlewit. Stephen Foster wrote a song about being "way down" in this city, which is where Magnolia Manor and Fort Defiance State Park are located. Huck and Jim intend to go to this city to obtain Jim's freedom in Huckleberry Finn, but they end up sailing past it. This city has the lowest elevation of any within Illinois and is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. For 10 points, name this southernmost city in Illinois, which shares its name with a city in Egypt.

A: History
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Q: This opera parodies oversentimentality in its arias "Vorrei dir" and "Smanie implacibili. " A bass in this opera sings "Io crepo se non rido" and undercuts a farewell scene by laughing during its quintet "Di scrivermi ogni giorno. " After being given a locket, this opera's leading baritone sings "Donne mie, la fate a tanti" in its second act. During the first act's final scene, extended woodwind trills play when a fake doctor based on Franz Mesmer uses a huge magnet on two characters who pretend to poison themselves. A soprano in this opera compares herself to a rock in the aria "Come scoglio," but is eventually seduced after being encouraged by her maid, Despina. In this opera's first scene, Ferrando and Guglielmo swear that their fiances will be eternally faithful to them, but after disguising themselves and successfully seducing Fiordiligi and Dorabella, they lose a bet to the cynical Don Alfonso. Subtitled "The School for Lovers," for 10 points, name this opera buffa by Mozart, whose title roughly translates to "they're all like that. "

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Fine Arts
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