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 work by this composer features text from speeches of a certain American president. A highly patriotic work by this man was later reworked into his final symphony, his third. This composer of Lincoln Portrait wrote the score for a ballet which included sections such as "Saturday Night Waltz" and the "Hoe Down." This composer was commissioned by Martha Graham to write a ballet set in Pennsylvania that includes variations on the Shaker hymn Simple Gifts. For 10 points, identify this composer of Rodeo and Appalachian Spring.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: Although the protagonist does not place much value in her required duties, she enjoys illegally playing Scrabble and discovers an inscription that says "Don't let the bastards grind you down. " Framed as a study of a found audio recording, the protagonist had her daughter taken from her and is forced to put up with the Commander's wife, Serena Joy, as part of her time in the Republic of Gilead. The protagonist, Offred, must attempt to get pregnant in, for 10 points, what religious post-apocalyptic dystopian novel by Margaret Atwood

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: One novel about this country concerns the finding of a dead body by Jacobus, which is then exhumed by a flood and given a proper burial by Mehring. Melanie Isaacs is seduced by the English professor David Lurie in this country, the setting of The Conservationist and Disgrace. A novel from this country sees a letter from Theophilus bring a priest back home, where he discovers that his son, Absalom Kumalo, has murdered Arthur Jarvis. Nadine Gordimer and J. M. Coetzee are from this country. For 10 points, name this country, the setting of Alan Paton's Cry, The Beloved Country and Athol Fugard's critiques of apartheid.

SOLUTION:
Literature