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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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Its main character is a hopeless stutterer, taunted by his schoolmates, who eventually becomes an acolyte at a famous temple. However, he becomes obsessed with its beauty, and cannot live in peace until he burns it down. For 10 points, name this novel about Mizoguchi, which is based upon actual events that took place at the Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto in 1950 and which was written by Yukio Mishima.
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Literature

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It exists because of electron degeneracy pressure; as electrons are compressed closer together, more exist per unit volume and must take on higher energy levels as mandated by the Pauli-exclusion principle. A relativistic state equation can be used to calculate it as the radius of a white dwarf decreases with an increase in its mass. Developed shortly before its namesakes theory on black holes, for ten points, name this value of about 1.4 solar masses, the maximum mass of a star which can be supported against gravitational collapse.
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Science

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This country's capital has an artistic district called the 798 Art Zone and an opera house which models a drop of water and is sometimes called "The Giant Egg." One artist from this country created an exhibit in which millions of sunflower seeds fill up an empty space. A radio tower in this country sits across from a district named the Bund and is recognizable for two large spheres wrapping around its central columns. A bowl-shaped stadium in this country was designed by Herzog & de Meuron and features a visible steel frame supporting a retractable roof. For 10 points, name this Asian country whose capital features a stadium called the Bird's Nest, built for the 2008 Olympics.
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Social Science