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: of this author's poems imagines a "hundred negroes with a hundred lances" and a prince that draws near "with sword and goshawk," and begins by asking "Why from her lips are song and laughter dying" and "Why is the princess sighing" A different poem discusses "foam pregnant with salt and iodine" and a man who has seen "the forceful typhoons of Chinawhile drinking from his flask of gin. " In another work, this author writes "You join the cult of Hercules to the cult of Mammon, / and illuminating the road of easy conquest," concluding by saying "although you count on everything, you lack one thing: God! " This author of "Sonatina" and "Symphony in Gray Major" also wrote the lines "you are the future invader of the nave America that has Indian bloodyou are an Alexander-Nebuchadnezzar. " FTP, name this author of "To Roosevelt," Prosas Profanas, and Azul  a poet and diplomat from Nicaragua.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: The second part of this poem describes a figure "whose love is endless oil and stone" and "whose   name is the Mind!". The third section of this poem tells of a place "where the faculties of the skull no  longer admit the worms of the senses". This poem was judged to be not obscene when its publisher,   Lawrence Ferlinghetti, was put on trial. "Mohammedan angels staggering on tenement roofs" appear  in this poem dedicated to Columbia Psychiatric Institute patient Carl Solomon, whom the poet  repeatedly tells "I'm with you in Rockland." Name this poem that describes Moloch, and opens "I  saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness", written by Allen Ginsberg.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: As Chancellor of the Exchequer, this man oversaw Britain's return to the gold standard, which had negative consequences and led him to become the target of a John Maynard Keynes book attacking his actions. This man delivered such addresses as ""The Gathering Storm"" and ""The Finest Hour. "" This leader was appointed to First Lord of the Admiralty near the onset of a conflict during which he rose to the post of Prime Minister. Succeeded by Clement Atlee, for 10 points, name this World War II Prime Minister of Britain.

SOLUTION:
History