Part 1. 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.
Part 2. Example
In one work this author details the life of a tomb-maker who makes extra money by playing the organ at an insane asylum, while another of his novels sees Swartz give a refugee proper documentation only after he tells him his life story in the title Portuguese city. In addition to The Black Obelisk and The Night in Lisbon, he also wrote about Robert and Otto selling their auto workshop and visiting Patrice in a Swiss tuberculosis sanatorium in his novel The Three Comrades, while the turbulent life of the German surgeon Ravic is told in The Arch of Triumph. Another of his novels, The Road Back, is thought to be a sequel to his most famous book, in which the patriotic teacher Kantorek convinces Paul Bumer and his friends to join the Germany Army during World War I. For 10 points, name this German author who wrote All Quiet on the Western Front.
Answer: Literature
Explanation: The text is talking about an author and their works, so it belongs to theliterature category.
Part 3. Exercise
He created a system of military rule by major generals, and his French alliance ended up giving his country Dunkirk. This ruler, whose death was called for in the pamphlet "Killing no Murder", was given his highest position by a document drafted by James Lambert and based partly on the "Heads of Proposals". This leader passed the Penal Laws during a campaign in which he gave no quarter to the defeated garrison of (*) Drogheda; that campaign was his invasion of Ireland. He carried out a purge of the Rump Parliament to create the Barebones Parliament. This leader was disinterred and posthumously beheaded for his part in a war during which he served under Lord Fairfax. His son was so incompetent that Parliament voted to restore Charles II. For 10 points, name this Puritan general of the New Model Army and Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England.
Answer:
History