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]: One incident during this conflict saw Redvers H. Buller ordering troops into regions such as Colenso and the Stormberge mountains, only to see them soundly whipped in a period referred to as "Black Week. " After Bullers' replacement by Frederick S. Roberts, one side began a string of military victories which culminated in the defeat of Piet Cronje. A precipitating event of this conflict included the actions of Leander Jameson, while another issue of tension revolved around the discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand region. The wrap up to this war saw Horatio Kitchener setting up concentration camps while fending off guerrilla attacks led by men like Jan Botha and Jan Christiaan Smuts. For 10 points, identify this conflict that lasted from 1899 to 1902 that pitted the British against the Dutch-descended Afrikaners in what is now South Africa.
[A]: History

[Q]: One of these organic compounds is converted to an alkene by a diorganochromium compound in the Takai olefination. Compounds may be reduced to this functionality via the use of DIBAL-H (die-bahl aitch), and alkynes are formed by a reaction of these compounds with tetrabromomethane and triphenylphosphine named for Corey and Fuchs. When these organic compounds lack a hydrogen atom in the alpha position, their disproportionation can be induced by a base in the Cannizzaro reaction. These organic compounds are oxidized to carboxylic acids by a diamminesilver (I) complex, leading to the precipitation of metal onto the inside of the vessel, giving the positive "silver mirror" result of the Tollens test. For 10 points, name this special class of ketones with one R group being just hydrogen.
[A]: Science

[Q]: In one work by this man, the life of an Arab is saved by Daru. This man's story The Guest is part of his collection Exile and the Kingdom, and he wrote a novel in which the main character cannot forget how he failed to assist a drowning woman. Jean-Baptiste Clamence is a character in this man's novel The Fall, and this man wrote a work in which the deaths of many rats in the streets of Oran force [*] Dr. Bernard Rieux to confront the titular outbreak. In one novel by this man, the protagonist befriends a pimp named Raymond before shooting an Arab. For 10 points, name this Algerian-born author of The Plague who featured Meursault in The Stranger.
[A]:
Literature