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 of this composers title characters sings the aria Quand le destin au milieu to convince the Countess of Berkenfield not to force her to marry the Duke of Crackenthorp. In another of his operas, Dr. Malatesta sings Bella siccome un angelo when describing a fictional sister to the title bachelor, while the self-proclaimed genius Dr. Dulcamara sells the title object of another opera to Nemorino to allow him to woo Adina. Another of his operas contains the sextet Chi mi frena, after which Edgardo curses the entire Lammermoor family. For 10 points, name this Italian composer of Daughter of the Regiment, Don Pasquale, LElisir dAmore, and Lucia di Lammermoor.
[A]: Fine Arts


[Q]: The protagonist of one of his novellas unearths repressed memories like insulting an old man just because he had a great one-liner ready. In that novella by this author, a family of "some ten or twelve" daughters play games like "proverbs" and "foxes and hounds" at the expense of a main character who gets locked in a room for an hour in a game of "hide-and-go-seek." The narrator of another novella by this author concocts elaborate plans to get revenge on an officer who had shoved him out of the way. This author created a girl who dies in the foster care of the Pogoreltsevs, and who turns out to be the daughter, not of (*) Trusotsky, but of Velchaninov. In the second section, "Apropos of the Wet Snow," of one of his novellas, the protagonist accidentally shows up an hour early to a dinner party and gives a speech insulting all of Zverkov's friends. A novella by this author of The Eternal Husband begins "I am a sick man...I am a wicked man." For 10 points, name this author of Notes from Underground.
[A]: Literature


[Q]: Famous for its production of coffee, rubber, coconuts and tea, this country was ceded to the British Empire in 1815. Referred to as Taprobane by the Greeks, and Serendib by the Arabs, it was a center of Buddhist religion and culture from ancient times, but also now has very large numbers of Christians, Hindus, and Muslims. More recently, the biggest issue in this nation has been the civil war between its central government, and the northern opposition, the LTTE or Tigers of Tamil Eelam. For ten points, name this country separated from India by the Palk Strait with capital at Colombo.
[A]:
Social Science