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.
One example is below.
Q: 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.
A: Literature
Rationale: The text is talking about an author and their works, so it belongs to theliterature category.
Q: One member of this group was held prisoner at Pendennis Castle until he was exchanged for Colonel Archibald Campbell. The poem When Caesar Reigned King at Rome protested a member of this group receiving a death sentence, and their motto setting the hills on fire was coined by that poems author, Thomas Rowley, known as their bard. Under joint command of two colonels, this unit took Fort St. John and Crown Point during the American Revolutionary War. This group often met in Bennington at the Catamount Tavern, and their notable members included Seth Warner, Remember Baker, and their leaders brother Ira. For ten points, name this group that helped capture Fort Ticonderoga, an Ethan Allen-led Vermont militia.
A:
History