Teacher: 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.
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In one work this author details the life of a tomb-maker who makes extra money by playing the organ at an insane asylum, while another of his novels sees Swartz give a refugee proper documentation only after he tells him his life story in the title Portuguese city. In addition to The Black Obelisk and The Night in Lisbon, he also wrote about Robert and Otto selling their auto workshop and visiting Patrice in a Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium in his novel The Three Comrades, while the turbulent life of the German surgeon Ravic is told in The Arch of Triumph. Another of his novels, The Road Back, is thought to be a sequel to his most famous book, in which the patriotic teacher Kantorek convinces Paul Bumer and his friends to join the Germany Army during World War I. For 10 points, name this German author who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front.
Solution: Literature
Reason: The text is talking about an author and their works, so it belongs to theliterature category.

Now, solve this instance: An attempt to end this war with a twenty million dollar indemnity failed at the Lackawanna conference. According to Wikipedia, weekly editorials in one country's leading newspaper still press for a reversal of this war's outcome. During the first phase of this war, the naval battle of Inquique resulted in the death of Arturo Prat and the destruction of the frigate corvette Esmeralda. The victor at that battle was defeated in the Battle of Angamos, allowing the invaders to land troops at Pisagua. Miguel Grau's ship Huascar was a key player in those battles. The Tarapaca province was ceded at the end of this war over saltpeter deposits, in the Treaty of Ancon. For 10 points, name this war, fought fought between Chile and a Peruvian-Bolivian alliance, in which Bolivia lost its access to the ocean.
Student:
History