Teacher: 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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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.
Solution: Literature
Reason: The text is talking about an author and their works, so it belongs to theliterature category.

Now, solve this instance: There is still dispute over the discovery of a Baragwanathia fossil that allegedly lived during this period, as it would indicate the presence of lycophytes during it. Its latter portion saw a temporary reduction in conodonts as part of the Lau event, which occurred before its Pridoli epoch. Baltica's collision with Laurentia resulted in the beginning of the Iapetus Ocean's closure during its Ludlow Epoch, and this period saw the emergence of the first coral reefs. Other developments include the evolution of the first freshwater fish as well as the proliferation of bony and jawless fish coinciding with its significant glacial melt. Also seeing the development of Cooksonia, the first vascular land plants, for 10 points, name this period during the Paleozoic era, in between the Ordovician and Devonian periods.
Student:
Science