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: This author wrote about Octave de Malivert's love with the title character in Armance, and also published a story collection called the Italian Chronicles. This man also wrote about a resident of Lake Como who attempts to join Napoleon's army before that man, Fabrizio del Dongo, ultimately retires to the titular residence. In addition to The (*) Charterhouse of Parma, this man wrote a novel whose protagonist is sentenced to death after shooting at Madame de Renal. For 10 points, name this French author who created Julien Sorel in The Red and the Black.

SOLUTION: Literature

PROBLEM: The war named for this place was ended when Clazomenae and Cyprus were transferred to Persia through the Peace of Antalcidas, which was put forth by Artaxerxes II. A league named for this place was brought back into existence by Demetrius Poliorcetes, but it didn't have anything to do following the battle of Ipsus. This city joined the Achaean Confederation after being captured by Aratus in 243 BC, and was destroyed by Lucius Mummius in 146 to teach the Greeks a lesson. Its early rulers include Cypselus and Periander, though it is better known for the action it took against Megara which set off the Peloponnesian War. FTP, name this city on the isthmus joining the Peloponnesus and central Greece, whose citizens were the lucky recipients of a couple of epistles from Saint Paul.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: Characters in this novel often discuss politics at the Model Stationary Store, and one party is known for holding Sunday tea dances. This work open with a poem in which a character forsakes roses, diamond earrings, and verses of Teodoro in favor of the Emperor's black beard, and each of this novel's four sections is prefaced with a poem about one of the town's four heroines. Colonel Jesuino Mendonca murders his wife Sinhazinha and her lover, the dentist Osmundo Pimentel, while Professor Josue publicly recites a poem for his love for Gloria. One character in this novel is an engineer who is hired to remove a sandbar and who has an affair with Malvina, the daughter of Melk Tavares, while the politician Ramiro Bastos is opposed by the progressive Mundinho Falcao. The title character of this novel is from the backlands and eventually marries the Syrian owner of the Vesuvius Bar, whom she impresses with her cooking and love making skills. Set in the city of Ilheus, for 10 points, identify this novel about the title girl's relationship with Nacib Saad, a work by Jorge Amado.

SOLUTION:
Literature