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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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One of this man's theories was supported by the discovery that Hittite contained forms in which distinct reflexes of the laryngeals are recorded, and he explained how the vowel alternations of a came about in his first work, Memoir on the Original System of Vowels in the Indo-European Languages. He is noted for his terms langue, or regularities and patterns in speech, and parole, or actual acts of speech. The work he is most famous for is often considered the foundation for structural linguistics, though Charles Bally and Albert Sechehaye actually published it. FTP name this Swiss linguist whose lecture notes and other materials were posthumously turned into the seminal Course in General Linguistics.
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Social Science


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His novels include Querelle of Brest and Funeral Rites, both of which were published in 1947. His youthful experiences at the Mettray reform school are described in Miracle of the Rose, while The Thief's Journal tells the story of his life as a male prostitute. FTP, name this French criminal and author, best known for Absurdist dramas like The Screens, The Blacks, and The Maids.
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Literature


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This man wrote a play in which the Duke of Alba orders the execution of the title count. This author of the poetry collection The Roman Elegies wrote a poem in which a supernatural being attacks a child while the child and father are riding on a horse. That poem is entitled ""The Erl-King. "" One of his characters shoots himself after being unable to be with his beloved (*) Charlotte. He also wrote a work in which the title scholar is tempted by and makes a wager with Mephistopheles. For 10 points, name this author of The Sorrows of Young Werther and Faust.
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Show your work and conclude with the exact phrasing "Therefore, the final answer is [answer]." where [answer] is just the final number or expression that solves the problem.
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Literature


