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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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One ruler of this dynasty avoided a prophecy of his death by abdicating in favor of the puppet Yusufi for four days during his persecution of Nuqtavis. This dynasty was defeated at Gulnabad by the Ghilzai leader Mahmud. Its founder was victorious at Merv over the Uzbeks and had earlier overthrown the White Sheep dynasty. This dynasty was eventually supplanted by Karim Khan and the Zand dynasty, and its final rulers were puppets of Nadir Shah. Tahmasp I was a ruler of this dynasty, which was defeated at Chaldiran by Selim the Grim. Under Abbas I, this dynasty established a capital at Isfahan, and it was founded with the help of the Qizilbash by Ismail I. For 10 points, name this Shi'ite dynasty that ruled Persia from 1501 to 1736.
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History

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Doctors Hollatz and Hornstetter insist this novel's protagonist suffered from excessive isolation, not helped when bullies like Nuchi Eyke and Susi Kater forced him to drink a soup of bricks, urine, and live frogs, though Gretchen Scheffler pitied him and taught him about Rasputin and Goethe. After his father marries his lover Maria Truczinski, the protagonist leads a gang called the Dusters, and joins a jazz band at the Onion Cellar, but Vittlar turns him in for killing Sister Dorothea after he flees his hometown Danzig after World War II. FTP, name this novel about Oskar Matzerath and his toy instrument, by Gunther Grass.
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Literature

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This work's first act ends with a "gittars chacony" and a "triumphing dance" bracketing the chorus telling Cupids to revel in the hills and vales. The three main characters sing "See, madam where the Prince appears" after one of them whines in the aria "Your counsel all is urged in vain". In one instance, the chorus merely says "Ho, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho! " a bunch of times while a drunken sailor dances; this happens while a sorceress and two witches conspire to lead one of the title characters astray in her love for the other title character. One famous section from this work makes use of the ground bass, and has one character telling her sister Belinda to "Remember me, but ah, forget my fate" before committing suicide. First performed at a girls' school in London to a libretto by Nahum Tate, for 10 points, name this opera containing the area "When I Am Laid in Earth," sung by the titular Carthaginian queen who loves the other title character from Troy, an opera by Henry Purcell.
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Fine Arts