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
A person with this name was the subject of Rolf Hochhuth's play The Deputy. That man was reportedly the target of a Karl Wolff kidnap plot, although some have argued that was merely British propaganda. During a 1942 Christmas radio address, the leader with this name stated humanity owed a vow to the thousands "consigned to deathbecause of their nationality or race." In 1864, a man with this name denounced modern relativism by issuing the (*) Syllabus of Errors. That ninth man with this name became a "prisoner" after his city was captured by Victor Emmanuel II and also defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. For 10 points, name this name held by twelve popes, the most recent of which was criticized for remaining silent during the Holocaust.
Answer:
History