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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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In the aria Mal reggendo, one character in this opera relates how a strange voice stopped his hand from killing his opponent in a duel in Act 1. The arias Di due figli and Abbietta zingara are used by one character to narrate a ghost story to a gathering which is dispersed by the ringing of a bell. In Prima che d'altri vivere, the protagonist bids farewell to his lover after she poisons herself. After the first act in which Ferrando conjures the image of a baby burnt alive on a pyre, Chi del gitano i giorni abbella, or the Anvil Chorus, is sung by a group of gypsies. After the death of Leonora, the mother of Azucena is avenged when Count di Luna orders the execution of the title character Manrico. FTP, name this opera by Giuseppe Verdi.
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Fine Arts

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The person on the left side of this painting, wearing an apron and sailor trousers, is next to a kneeling man with green trousers, a black suit, and black top hat. That man's knee is on the same cobblestones as the hands of the person with a blue shirt and red bandana who is looking up. The right side of this work shows a student with a cartridge pouch carried in a sling over his shoulder and with a gun in each hand. There are also wounded bodies lying on the ground, and the central figure has a loose yellow dress and is holding up a flag. Name this work set during the July Revolution showing the tricolor flag of France, painted by Eugene Delacroix [deh-lah-kwah].
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Fine Arts

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Henry James' "Paste" was drawn directly from one of this man's more famous works. His best novel features two competing brothers, whose tumultuous relationship culminates with one's marriage to Madame Rosemilly. After publishing a work in the collection The Parties at Medan, he went on to write such novels as A Woman's Life, Bel-ami and Pierre et Jean. FTP, name this writer best known for his stories of Norman peasant life as in "A Piece of String" and "The Necklace. "
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Literature