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 man told the story of the creation of the world to Hnossa while her mother was searching for her husband. Among the possessions of this mythological being, who lives in the Heavens Palace or Sky Mountain, includes the sword Hofund and his horse Gulltopp. The son of the nine daughters of Aegir, this god, with the nicknames of Vindhlr, meaning wind shelter, and Gullintanni, meaning golden-toothed, recovered Brisingamen after it was stolen from Freya. Even though he sacrificed an ear to drink from Mimir's well, this god has extraordinary hearing, which he uses to hear the grass grow. FTP, identify this Norse mythological figure who will blow Gjallahorn at Ragnarok, the guardian of Bifrost bridge.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: One of this author's works argues that "political emancipation" is compatible with religion, but blocks
the fulfillment of "human emancipation." In another of his works, he developed his theory of "base and
superstructure." This opponent of Bruno Bauer wrote that "Philosophers have only interpreted the world;
the point is to change it" in his Theses on Feuerbach, as well as writing On the Jewish Question. Another
of his works argues that a commodity attains value through the amount of labour put into it. For 10 points,
name this German philosopher who, along with Engels, wrote Das Kapital.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: Two figures, dressed in black and devoid of facial features, embrace in this painter's The Kiss, which joins his Death in the Sick Room and The Vampire in his series The Frieze of Life. Another of his paintings from that series was created during a time when the eruption of Krakatoa caused the northern European sky to turn red, perhaps explaining the background of that painting, which depicts a bald figure clutching his head. For 20 points, name this Norwegian painter.

SOLUTION:
Fine Arts