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.

[EX Q]: A fleet led by Lourenco de Almeida was among the first Europeans to colonize this modern day nation. One empire in this modern day nation, whose largest ethnic group is known as the Sinhalese, had its capital at Nallur. The Palk Strait is at the northern end of this nation, as is a series of small islands known as (*) Adam's Bridge. The northern tip of this island was also home to this nation's Jaffna kingdom, which ruled at the same time as other empires on this modern country like the Kotte Kingdom and the Kandy Kingdom. For 10 points, name this Asian nation once known as Ceylon.
[EX A]: History

[EX Q]: Each of the leaves on the right side of this painting has a gold spine and outline and the tree trunks are highlighted with short diagonal lines of gold. The scene is meant to be set off of Paphos in Cyprus, explaining the orange grove on the right. Rose blossoms with golden hearts float in the air on the left, while one of the Horae holds a robe up for the titular figure on the right. Zephyrus and Chloris are aloft at the left and blow that figure toward the shore. FTP, identify this depiction of a Roman goddess emerging from a scallop shell, a masterwork of Sandro Botticelli.
[EX A]: Fine Arts

[EX Q]: One student of this man published Passavantius as an attack against Pierre Lizet. This teacher of Theodore Beza was opposed by Arminius's Remonstrants. In his most famous work, this figure claimed, "as it is in the creation of man that the divine perfections are best displayed," and this figure's followers burned Michael Servetus alive. Formulator of the theories of Irresistible Grace and Total Depravity in his (*) "Five Points", this man's views were carried to Scotland by John Knox. For ten points, name this author of Institutes of the Christian Religion who led the Reformation in Geneva and created a denomination that believes in predestination.
[EX A]:
Social Science