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: The earliest discovered writings on these were in the Hittite language and were authored by Kikkuli of Mitanni, while Gryson, an expert on these, helped Xenophon to write two treatises on the subject. Tupac Amaru II and Francois Ravaillac were both executed using four of these, and one of these named Incitatus was legendarily appointed as a Roman senator by Caligula. The Avars brought an invention that eased their use to Europe, and huge masses of these were instrumental in saving the French army at Eylau. Many cities were named after of these owned by Alexander the Great, Bucephalus. For 10 points, name these animals used to transport hussars and knights.

Answer: Literature

Question: In one story, this god disguises himself as the farmhand Bolverk in a successful attempt to retrieve the Mead of Poetry. This god sits atop the ""high place"" of Hlidskjalf, and that which he cannot see is recalled to him by his two ever-circling ravens, Hugin and Munin. This god, who hung from the world tree on the spear Gungnir to earn mastery of the runes, will be swallowed whole by the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarok. For 10 points, name this one-eyed chief god of the Norse pantheon.

Answer: Social Science

Question: This author wrote about a girl who refuses to throw away a chicken sandwich in "Just Before the War With the Eskimos. " Another work by this author features a boy with "rickets in one leg and elephantiasis in other" fishing next to a "No Fishing! " sign while in Montreal. "The Chief" tells members of the "Comanche Club" a story about a deformed criminal named the "Laughing Man" in one of his works. Another work by this man sees the central character chat with Sibyl on the beach before shooting himself in the head. For 10 points, name this creator of Seymour Glass in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," who wrote about Holden in The Catcher in the Rye.

Answer:
Literature