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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Question: Pausanias claims that one member of this profession, an Euboean son of Crius, is the source of an alternative tradition for the name of Pythos. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, Demeter pretends to be Dosos, a person wronged by people in this profession. According to Apollodorus, a mistaken belief that Catreus was one of these people led his son Althaemenes to unknowingly slay him. Its not swineherding, but Eumaeus was in Sidon when these people took him to (*) Ithaca. One person demanded the right to sing one last song from some of these people and ended up being rescued from them by the dolphins that he attracted; that man was Arion. Dionysus turned some Tyrrhenian people in this profession into dolphins after using vines to fill up their boat. For 10 points, name these people who often appear in children's stories making their captives walk the plank.

Answer: Social Science

Question: The central character, a resident of the San Bernadino Arms, falls in with such characters as Harry, a purveyor of homemade silver polish, and Miguel, a Mexican breeder of fighting cocks. There's also Abe Kusich, a dwarf horse player, and Earle Stroop, an unsuccessful cowboy actor. This novel famously ends with a riot at the Persian Palace during which Homer Simpson likely dies and the protagonist Tod Hackett, barely escapes. FTP, name this short novel by Nathaniel West.

Answer: Literature

Question: This politician was open in his belief that the U.S. was hiding UFOs at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. With Bill Nichols, he names a 1986 Department of Defense Reorganization Act that gave more power to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. With (+) William Miller, he ran for President under the slogan "An echo, not a choice," but his campaign proved unsuccessful after his opponent aired an attack ad that showed an (*) atomic bomb blow up a little girl picking daisies. For 10 points, name this conservative Arizona senator who lost the 1964 election to Lyndon B. Johnson.

Answer:
History