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 work by this composer is considered one of the most technically demanding of its kind and has a notable second movement with quick glissandi, but ends in its fourth with an unusual use of the rare Locrian mode. This mans other compositions include an E-minor work dedicated to Rostropovich, and a suite that contains a movement entitled The Glorious Departure of Lolli and the Cortge of the Sun. Besides his Symphony-Concerto and Scythian Suite, he also composed a piece commissioned by Paul Wittgenstein, as well as a ballet containing the movement Dance of the Knights, and a suite with a bell-filled Troika movement. He imitated Haydn in his Classical Symphony. For 10 points, name this Russian composer of The Love for Three Oranges and the Lieutenant Kije suite.

SOLUTION: Fine Arts

PROBLEM: This dynasty continued a system in which one month out of every five was given to military service by those who lived within 500 li of the capital; that was the Fubing system. A Buddhist savings bank stocked by donations was liquidated during this dynasty and was called the "Inexhaustible Treasury." Governors known as "jiedushi" first sprang up during this period under emperor (*) Xuanzong. A major insurrection during this dynasty ended after Shi Chaoyi killed himself. This dynasty was interrupted by the second Zhou dynasty when Ruizong announced that his mother, Wu Zetian, would be emperor. For 10 points, name this Chinese dynasty that lasted from 618 until 907 and faced the An Lushan rebellion.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: In this painter's works depicting the sculptor of Water Nymph and Bittern, a nude model is used even though the sculpture is clothed. In addition to those works showing William Rush, this painter made a portrait of a professor who pets a black cat as he reads a book, Benjamin Rand. One of his outdoor works that shows a young man standing on a rocky promontory while another lies on it, another sits, and another dives off it. Another painting shows his high school classmate on the Schuylkill [SKOO-kul] River in Philadelphia and is entitled Max Schmitt in a Single Scull. Name this artist who also painted surgery demonstrations in The Agnew Clinic and The Gross Clinic.

SOLUTION:
Fine Arts