TASK DEFINITION: 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.
PROBLEM: This entity shares its name with one controlled by the astronomer and investigator of mesmerism, Jean Sylvain Bailly. It saw the execution of General Lecomte, and Marshall MacMahon led a campaign against it that culminated with a mass execution at the Wall of the Federalists. Its aftermath saw a mass deportation to New Caledonia, and it was opposed by Adolphe Thiers. Louis-Auguste Blanqui was its nominal leader despite being imprisoned at the time, and it ended in the "Bloody Week" amidst fierce barricade fighting. Growing out of the Franco-Prussian War, for 10 points, name this socialist government that held power for two months in 1871 in the French capital.

SOLUTION: History

PROBLEM: In 2010, this country opened the Monument of African Renaissance, which was built by North Korean
laborers and which this country's president claimed a thirty-five percent commission on because it was his
idea. With its smaller neighbor, this country is the site of over 1,000 stone circles used to mark burial
mounds. Locations in this country that played an important role in the slave trade include Saint-Louis and
the site of the Maison des Esclaves, the island of Goree. The Gambia is almost entirely surrounded by this
country. For 10 points, name this country, home to the westernmost point in Africa and the city of Dakar.

SOLUTION: Social Science

PROBLEM: This author wrote of an orphan who is helped by Colonel Creighton after he is separated from Teshoo Lama. This author wrote about that boy working for Mahbub Ali in Lahore before looking for the "River of the Arrow". In a story by this author, Darzee sings about the death of Nag, and Teddy and his family are threatened by Nagaina [nah-gah-ee-nah]. In one of this author's novels, the only being in the forest not afraid of fire attacks Shere Khan with a burning branch. Name this author of Kim and "Riki-Tiki-Tavi" who created the characters of Baloo, Bagheera, and Mowgli in The Jungle Book.

SOLUTION:
Literature