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.

Q: After losing a contest to this character, Heracles briefly joined the Thiasus, his retinue. Some stories claim he was the son of Persephone and that, at Heras bidding, the Titans ate all of him but his heart, which Zeus put in the womb of his better-known mother. He is sometimes said to be the father of the Graces with Aphrodite, and he fathered Oenopion with Ariadne. Acoetes, the helmsman, was the only one spared when pirates attempted to sell this god into slavery, and he once drove his cousin Pentheus mad, luring him out into the woods where his Maenads tore him apart. For 10 points, identify this son of Semele, the Greek god of inspired madness and wine.

A: Social Science
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Q: Sections of this work discuss early Roman law and the Germanic wadium, while it begins with a quote from the Havamal, a portion of the Edda. This work extends the author's first work, a collaboration in which he analyzed analogous ideas in Hinduism and Judaism. Marilyn Strathern critiqued this book from a gender perspective, while Sahlins' article on the "The Spirit of [It]", claimed that its author may have misunderstood an idea called the hau, in which the souls of the people involved in the title ritual become intermingled. The author views the title concept as multivalentthat is, a situation where a single action stands for all of society, called a total prestation. Drawing from Malinowski's study of the kula ring and the institution of the potlatch, for 10 points, identify this sociological work about the titular exchange by Marcel Mauss.

A: Social Science
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Q: Several Hindus and Jains observe this practice in an event known as Ekadashi, which occurs roughly every eleventh day. Women may perform this action on Karva Chauth, and Mormons are asked to practice it the first Sundays of each month. In Judaism, this action occurs on the Tenth of (*) Tevet. Muslims recite the Fajr prayer before engaging in this practice, and in the evening, they end their ritual by using dates and water in an event called iftar. Jews are required to perform this action on Yom Kippur. For ten points, identify this abstention of food practiced by Muslims during the month of Ramadan.

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Social Science
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