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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Question: The central character, a resident of the San Bernadino Arms, falls in with such characters as Harry, a purveyor of homemade silver polish, and Miguel, a Mexican breeder of fighting cocks. There's also Abe Kusich, a dwarf horse player, and Earle Stroop, an unsuccessful cowboy actor. This novel famously ends with a riot at the Persian Palace during which Homer Simpson likely dies and the protagonist Tod Hackett, barely escapes. FTP, name this short novel by Nathaniel West.

Answer: Literature

Question: This ruler attacked the custom of smoking in his essay ""A Counterblast to Tobacco,"" and he wrote about witchcraft in his book on demonology. Anthony Weldon dubbed this king ""the wisest fool in all of Christendom. "" This ruler angered Parliament by playing favorites, such as by making George Villiers the Duke of Buckingham. During this man's reign, Guy Fawkes attempted to destroy parliament in the Gunpowder plot. For 10 points, name this son of Mary, Queen of Scots, the successor to Elizabeth I and first Stuart monarch.

Answer: History

Question: This politician signed an agreement with Francisco Peynado which ended American occupation of the Dominican Republic, and as an Associate Justice, he wrote the majority opinion in Bailey v. Alabama which found peonage laws to be unconstitutional. This man attempted to curb the growing power of Japan through the Washington Naval Conference, which he chaired as Secretary of State under Coolidge, and he defeated William Randolph Hearst to become Governor of New York. This politician penned the majority opinion in the Sick Chicken Case, and he led the opposition to Roosevelt's court-packing scheme. This man's presidential ticket with Charles Fairbanks fell 4,000 votes short in California to a man whose campaign slogan was "He kept us out of war", and Herbert Hoover appointed him to the position he is most notable for to replace William Howard Taft. For 10 points, name this loser of the 1916 presidential election to Woodrow Wilson who served as Chief Justice from 1930 to 1941.

Answer:
History