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: This man wrote poetry like the poem "On the Decline of the Church". This man was taken into custody along with Fra Domenico da Pescia and Fra Silvestro, and this man wrote the meditations Tristitia obsedit me and Infelix Ego. This man believed that King Charles VIII of France would prove to be an agent of the Last Days. One of this mans first acts as leader was to make sodomy a capital offense, and while this man was giving a speech on Acension Day, citizens of his city rioted. Picco della Mirandola requested that this man return to Florence, which he did, and he ran the Church of San Marco. For ten points, identify this Dominican Friar, an enemy of Alexander VI who enjoyed burning books and art in events like his Bonfire of the Vanities.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: Two answers required. They figure prominently in the opening chapter of the book of Malachi, where God reminds the Israelites that he is all-loving and above the law because he chose to save one and destroy the other. One had two concubines, Bilhah and Zilpah, while the others name translated from Hebrew means hairy. With the help of their mother, one tricked the other into giving up his birthright for a bowl of soup to fulfill the prophecy that "the last shall be first". For 10 points, name these twin sons of Rebekah and Isaac, the younger of whom fathered Joseph.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: After the Civil War, the ""exodusters"" fled to this state, where the question of slavery had earlier led to the drafting of the Lecompton Constitution. The Wakarusa War occurred here during a time that also saw John Brown lead a massacre at Pottawatomie. An act that allowed new states' voters to choose whether they would permit (*) slavery was named for this state and Nebraska. For 10 points, name this one time ""Bleeding"" state whose anti-slavery centers included the often sacked city of Lawrence and the eventual capital Topeka.

SOLUTION:
History