TASK 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.
PROBLEM: In this country, the execution of Auguste Chapdelaine caused France to enter a war that began with this country's seizure of the merchant ship Arrow. A man claiming to be the younger brother of Jesus established the Heavenly Kingdom in this country, which is where the Eight Nation Alliance put down a revolt led by the Society of the Righteous and Harmonious Fists. This country was the site of the Opium Wars and the Taiping and Boxer Rebellions. For 10 points, name this country ruled during the 19th century by the Qing Dynasty.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: Vietnamese national hero Le Loi defended his country against this dynasty's forces. The Fish Scale Records were used to calculate taxes by this dynasty's founder, the Hongwu Emperor. This dynasty's Yong-le Emperor ordered the construction of Beijing's Forbidden City. The (*) Yuan Dynasty fell during the Red Turban Rebellion, which brought this dynasty to power. Zheng He was a eunuch admiral who explored under this dynasty's banner. For 10 points, name this Chinese dynasty that began in the 1300s and was renowned for its porcelain.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: Phillip Glass composed the music to this authors Hydrogen Jukebox while his early work is collected in Empty Mirror. One work says the title land is where clouds rise as on a wave on a green crag, and another poem describes people shopping for images, and includes a discussion of Whitmans beard. William Blakes influence can be seen in his Sunflower Sutra, and in addition to Wales Visitation and A Supermarket in California, he wrote an elegy describing his mothers immigration and insanity. In another poem, he addresses angelheaded hipsters and notes how madness destroyed the best minds of his generation in a more famous work. FTP, name this Jewish beat poet of Kaddish and Howl.

SOLUTION:
Literature