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 character in this work almost drowns in a shower when she sits on the drain, and another is left by his wife because he compares humans to computers. Other events include the Duke di Angelis quartet deciding to play a piece without instruments and the break-in of sailors who believe that the apartment is a brothel. Upstairs, another character dictates a theory to Aubade while cradling a dying bird in his hands. Describing a lease-breaking party thrown by Meatball Mulligan, for 10 points, name this work in which the thermometer always reads thirty-seven degrees and Callisto envisions a "heat-death for his culture," a short story by Thomas Pynchon.

A: Literature
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Q: This artist depicted a certain structure "at Bellevue" and "at Montbriand". In addition to those depictions of The Pigeon House, he depicted the titular shirtless black man in jeans resting his head in one work, while a man dressed completely dressed in white gestures to a black and white harlequin in another. In addition to The Negro Scipion and Fastnacht, he created various depictions of an Avenue at (*) Chantilly, and Paul Alexis reads to one of his friends in another work. Rilke wrote some letters on this artist, who depicted a large crevice in the title structure in his House with Burst Walls, and depicted his mother knitting as his sister plays the piano in The Overture to Tannhuser. For 10 points, name this artist who was represented by Claude Lantier in The Masterpiece by Emile Zola.

A: Fine Arts
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Q: The presence of this element at the center of sarin allows it to inhibit acetylcholinesterase. This element bonds to an azide in the first step of the Staudinger reduction. A functional group containing this element in its center stabilizes the carbanion in the intermediate of the Horner-Wadsworth-Emmons reaction. Four atoms of this element bind to 10 oxygen atoms in its (*) pentoxide. A Z-alkene can be produced by reacting a carbonyl with an ylide with positive charge on this element in the Wittig reaction. Coming in notable white and red allotropes, for 10 points, name this element with atomic number 15 which is found below nitrogen on the periodic table.

A:
Science
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