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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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This philosopher argued for a hybrid approach of historical materialism and psychoanalysis that he termed the "progressive-regressive method." He used the example of a man that fails to meet his friend after walking into a cafe to illustrate the second title concept of one of his works. This man densely analyzed the life of Gustave Flaubert in his book length study The Family Idiot. His short treatise (*) Search for a Method recapitulates themes of another of his books, which calls humanity a "fused group." This author of Critique of Dialectical Reason argued that the object of consciousness exists as "in-itself," but experience exists "for itself" in a book that argues the authentic life is one way to escape the grip of "bad faith." For 10 points, name this existentialist author of Being and Nothingness.
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Social Science

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Some of the figures in this painting are seemingly superfluous: Mercury stands at the far left, dispelling clouds from above trees laden with golden fruit. A Cupid on the wing aims his little bow, but is probably only there by grace of his mother Venus, above whom he hovers. The action takes place on the right. The West Wind, Zephyrus, pursues a virginal Chloris whom he will rape. Chloris is then shown transformed, bedecked with flowers, as the title character. For 10 points, name this Botticelli allegorical work.
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Fine Arts

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One of this figure's greatest domestic challenges was a man who took on the title "Dom Justo" and eventually prompted this individual to conduct the Kirishitan massacre. Another domestic initiative resulted in the creation of a giant Buddha statute created from raw materials obtained in the second great sword hunt. Under this ruler, who used the Golden Gourd standard in battle, Sen no Rikyu oversaw the rise of a new artistic style centered around the tea ceremony. The (*) Momoyama period ended under this man, who defeated Katsuie at Shizugatake and Akechi Mistuhide at Yamazaki, avenging the death of his predecessor at Honnoji. Known for a disastrous naval loss at Noryang Point to Admiral Yi that ended his invasions of Korea, FTP, identify this commoner who ruled between Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa as the second of Japan's great unifiers.
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History