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.
One example is below.
Q: 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.
A: Literature
Rationale: The text is talking about an author and their works, so it belongs to theliterature category.
Q: One movement of this work was described as a "black pearl," and the standard Schirmer edition of this work was prepared by Ralph Kirkpatrick. Glenn Gould referred to one movement as the "perfect Good Friday spell," and the eleventh movement is a four-voice fughetta The composer was introduced to this piece's dedicatee by Count Kaiserling, who gave him 100 louis-d'or as a reward. The penultimate section of this work is based on multiple folk songs including "I have so long been away from you" and "Cabbage and turnips have driven me away. " That movement is a quodlibet, while every third movement of this work is a canon, and this work was originally published as the fourth Clavier-bung. The final movement is a note-for-note repeat of the opening aria. Featuring 30 inner movements sandwiched between an aria and aria da capo, for 10 points, name this set of variations for harpsichord with two manuals.
A:
Fine Arts