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.

[EX Q]: The central character, a resident of the San Bernadino Arms, falls in with such characters as Harry, a purveyor of homemade silver polish, and Miguel, a Mexican breeder of fighting cocks. There's also Abe Kusich, a dwarf horse player, and Earle Stroop, an unsuccessful cowboy actor. This novel famously ends with a riot at the Persian Palace during which Homer Simpson likely dies and the protagonist Tod Hackett, barely escapes. FTP, name this short novel by Nathaniel West.
[EX A]: Literature

[EX Q]: A king and counselor of the Anunnaki, this deity receives the earth in Atrahasis, and is worshipped in the temple of Duranki. One story regards the theft by Zu of his tablets of destiny that allows him to determine the fate of all living and nonliving things. Another, which has him supplanted by Marduk, tells of his response to the rebellion of the Igigi, which included the unleashing of a series of disasters that included the Great Flood. Known for his short temper, he sentenced Enkidu to death for his role in killing the Great Bull of Heaven. FTP, name this Sumerian god of the earth and land, supplanted by Anu as leader of the pantheon, whose name means "Lord Wind. "
[EX A]: Social Science

[EX Q]: One of this man's works features the 9/8 theme of its namesake creature; that work was a solo flute piece for Sacha Derek's La Mauvaise Pense called The Dance of the Goat. His collaborations with Albert Willemetz include the operettas Les Petites Cardinales and Les Aventures du roi Pausole, while his choral works include one commissioned by Ida Rubenstein that features the ondes martenot and one that features a children's chorus singing carols. In addition to Joan of Arc at the Stake and Christmas Cantata, he composed a "symphonic psalm" to a libretto by Rene Morax, Le Roi David. The third of his "symphonic movements" was unnamed and received less attention than the first two, which were an expression of the "pulsating action" of a football match and a depiction of a cross-country train in motion. For 10 points, identify this Swiss-French composer and member of Les Six whose works include Rugby and Pacific 231.
[EX A]:
Fine Arts