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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.
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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.
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Fine Arts

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A flag in this painting is yellow with a black stripe down the middle and it is held by slightly illuminated man in a top hat. At the far right a bearded man holds a drum and under him a mangy animal cowers. One of the most illuminated figure in this painting is a young girl holding a chicken, although the foreground is occupied by the leaders of the title group, mostof whom hold weapons. For 10 points, name this Rembrandt painting of the company of Frans Banning Cocq.
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Fine Arts

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According to the myths of the Navajo and Pueblo, the world was created by an old woman who took the form of this creature. In the myth of the Lakota, dreamcatchers were created by a god in the shape of this animal named Iktomi. Another one of these creatures was a son of Asase Ya who brought back a leopard, snake, dwarf, and hornet before his father Nyame gave him all the (*) stories in the world. Athena turned a woman into one of these animals after she depicted the affairs of the gods in her weaving. In West African folklore, the trickster god Anansi was one of these creatures. For ten points, name this eight-legged animal that Arachne was turned into.
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Social Science