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 part of this opera which parodies Handel takes the unusual step of assigning the coloratura part to a bass. A man who disapprovingly marks a chalkboard is told that Winter is waiting in a thorn bush in an allusion to an anti-Semitic tale of Grimm in this opera. A list of important tones is found in its aria Mein Herr, while Toscanini simplified the arrangement of this works Riot Scene. Also including the Midsummer Magic music and Trial Song, a key decision in this opera takes place shortly after the first appearance of Pogner and Becksemmer. Over the course of this work, the Morning Dream Song develops into the Prize Song, and it ends with Sachs defending the holiness of German art. In its first scene, a character is instructed to retrieve a handkerchief, clasp, and prayer book in order for Eva to delay telling Walter that she has promised to marry whoever the title character turns out to be. For 10 points, name this comedic opera by Richard Wagner about a man who wins his love in a singing contest.
Answer:
Fine Arts