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: This mans wooden crucifix depicted the body of a peasant, not the body of Jesus Christ according to one contemporary, and this man agreed after witnessing the perfection of that contemporarys crucifix for Santa Maria Novella. His technique of schiacciato can be seen in such works as The Ascension, with Christ Giving the Keys to Peter and The Feast of Herod, while he may be better known for a bronze sculpture of a contrapposto figure holding a sword as well as a sculpture of Eramso da Narmi astride a horse. For 10 points, identify this Florentine sculptor of a bronze David as well as Gattamelata.

A: Fine Arts
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Q: In one work, this thinker consults with a monk to better understand the concept of proximate power. This thinker divided hypotheses into three categories depending on what absurdities would be implied by accepting the hypothesis as true or false. This man participated in the Formulary Controversy with a series of letters in which he attacked Antonio Escobar's use of casuistry and lambasted the moral lapses of the Jesuits. After a carriage accident and a subsequent religious vision, he published his Memorial, which led to him taking up the cause of the Jansenists. He is the namesake of an idea that suggests that the belief in God represents the possibility of infinite gain while only imposing a finite loss. For 10 points, name this author of the Provincial Letters and Pensees, a French philosopher who is the namesake of a "wager" and a mathematical triangle.

A: Social Science
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Q: Subclasses of this type of object are named for Delta Scuti and W Virginis. Doubly ionized helium converts to singly ionized helium in the atmosphere of these stars as they expand and contract, creating its characteristic "shark fin" light curve. Henrietta Leavitt used large populations of these stars in the Magellanic Clouds to develop a (*) period-Luminosity relation for them, and Edwin Hubble used this relationship to calibrate his namesake constant of universe expansion. For 10 points, name this class of intrinsic variable stars used as standard candles .

A:
Science
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