Part 1. Definition
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.
Part 2. Example
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.
Answer: Literature
Explanation: The text is talking about an author and their works, so it belongs to theliterature category.
Part 3. Exercise
First translated into English by Michael Friedlander, this works second book deals with Aristotles theory of concentric heavenly spheres and outlines the thirteen levels of prophecy. The third and final book is an in-depth analysis of a passage in Ezekiel; the first book puts forth the authors thesis that words purporting to describe God are really only homonyms capable of describing physical objects, an argument perhaps designed against the anthropomorphic God of the Kalam scholars, who were opposed by this works author. Written as a letter to its authors pupil Rabbi Joseph, FTP, name this philosophical work by Moses Maimonides written to instruct confused souls.
Answer:
Social Science