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: After allying with the khan of Chagatai and taking part in campaigns in Transoxania, this ruler would lose a "muddy battle" against Ilyas Khodja, despite fighting alongside brother-in-law Husayn of Balkh. Becoming the head of the Barlas upon the death of Tughluk, this man annihilated Tokhtamysh and the Golden Horde at the Battle of the Terek River before he overwhelmed Sultan Mehmud's forces in seizing the Delhi Sultanate. Prior to his death and ultimate succession by Shah Rukh while planning an invasion of China, he defeated the Turks at the Battle of Ankara and captured Bayezid I. FTP, name this Mongol military leader who ruled in Central Asia during the 14th century from his capital of Samarkand.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: This artist included scenes like The Death of Ananias and The Miraculous Draught of Fishes in a series\n of cartoons meant to be the designs of tapestries for the Sistine Chapel. He depicted John the Baptist\n holding a cross to Jesus in his Alba Madonna, and painted a nymph riding a shell pulled by dolphins in \nTriumph of Galatea. Giulio Romano completed this artist's final work, a depiction of the transfiguration in\n which Christ floats against eerie blue light. The Sala di Costantino and the Stanza della Segnatura are\n among this artist's namesake rooms in the Palace of the Vatican, which include his depictions Zeno of\n Citium, Plato, and Socrates. For 10 points, name this artist who created The School of Athens.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: In this work, Paca la Roseta is carried off willingly by a few men to have a fling in an olive grove, and it is concluded that they are from elsewhere because people from town would not do such things. La hija de la Librada is killed in act II for murdering a child she had out of wedlock, and in Act III, Prudencia observes that a ring of pearls represents tears. These events do not bode well for Angustias [an-GOO-stee-as], who received the ring from her fianc Pepe el Romano, even though he is having an affair with her younger sister Adela. FTP, name this Federico Garca Lorca play, in which men have no lines.

SOLUTION:
Literature