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: James Prinsep translated a set of decrees from this dynasty, which called one of its rulers "Beloved-of-the-Gods." This empire's four provinces were run from capitals such as Ujjian in the west. A text on rulership which divides the day into 90-minute segments was written by this empire's Taxila-educated advisor Chanakya. Its founder, who died by (*) fasting, overthrew the Nanda state. A later ruler of this empire commissioned a pillar topped by four outward-facing lions at Sarnath, and described his conquest of Kalinga in his Rock and Pillar Edicts. This ancient empire resisted attacks from the west by Alexander's successor Seleucus. For 10 points, name this Indian empire ruled by the Jain convert Chandragupta and the Buddhist convert Ashoka.
A:
History