TASK 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.
PROBLEM: One character in this novel tries to make up for his misdeeds by donating his retinas. The narrator clears his deceased great-grandfather of a reputation for deserting a (*) peasant revolt, and the protagaonist's alcoholic wife sleeps with a student who has just come back from America. Also, a riot happens at the grocery store run by a Korean named "the emperor. " For 10 points Mitsu has a retarded son in what Kenzaburo Oe novel

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: This mans wooden crucifix depicted the body of a peasant, not the body of Jesus Christ according to one contemporary, and this man agreed after witnessing the perfection of that contemporarys crucifix for Santa Maria Novella. His technique of schiacciato can be seen in such works as The Ascension, with Christ Giving the Keys to Peter and The Feast of Herod, while he may be better known for a bronze sculpture of a contrapposto figure holding a sword as well as a sculpture of Eramso da Narmi astride a horse. For 10 points, identify this Florentine sculptor of a bronze David as well as Gattamelata.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: This author's most famous work features a socialist philosopher named Nicholas Schliemann. This author wrote the novel The Presidential Agent, which, like his earlier novel Dragon's Teeth, features the character Lanny Budd. His novel Oil! formed the basis for the film There Will Be Blood. He is best known for a novel about Jurgis Rudkus which was an indictment of the Chicago meat packing industry. For 10 points, name this author of The Jungle.

SOLUTION:
Literature