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]: opera's third act opens with a shepherd boy singing "Io de' sospiri. " One character in this opera retorts with the aria "Mi dicon venal" when asked what his price is. Another character in this opera sings about how brightly the stars used to shine after he trades his ring to his captor for the chance to write his lover one last letter. That character is killed by a (*) firing squad that he thinks will be shooting blanks after withstanding a session in a torture chamber and refusing to give up the political prisoner Cesare Angelotti. The title character of this opera sings about her good deeds and her dedication to her art in the aria "Vissi d'arte," before she kills the police chief Scarpia and jumps to her death after the execution of the painter Mario Cavardossi. For 10 points, name this Puccini opera about a singer.
[A]: Fine Arts

[Q]: composer of this opera was convinced to pursue it by his friend Sybil Seligman, who commissioned a translation of its text. At one point, a character reads the Fifty-first Psalm of David, though the original text had a book entitled "Old Joe Miller's Jokes. " Another character expresses frustration in the first act by declaring "Che terra maledetta," after which the romantic conflict is established by the aria "Chi c'e per farmi I ricci" In the second act, another character's knowledge of Nina Micheltorena is asked into by Ashby, and later that character sings the aria "Ch'ella mi creda libero. " Based on a play by David Belasco, it also features Wowkle and Billy, who are urged to marry in a church, and Jim Larkens who simply longs to go home. Ramirez is the secret identity of Dick Johnson, who is saved by his beloved Minnie. FTP, name this opera set in the American west, by Puccini.
[A]: Fine Arts

[Q]: Its title character is present in forty-one of its fifty-four chapters; he dies somewhere between chapters 41 and 42 and the focus shifts to two of his descendants. The protagonist of this work manages to have a lot of children before he dies, though only one daughter whom he fathers in exile. Chapter 2, "The Broom Tree", is a conversation between the title character and his friends about women, while the next four chapters deal with his romantic conquests, one of whom he rapes because he can, and one of whom who shares a name with the author and becomes the love of his life. For 10 points, name this Japanese novel by Murasaki Shikibu.
[A]:
Literature