FINAL EXAM
INSTRUCTIONS: Read
each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit: 4 hours. Begin
immediately.
HISTORY: Describe
the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating especially,
but not exclusively, on its social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical
impact on Europe, Asia, America, and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
MEDICINE: You have
been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze and a bottle of scotch. Remove
your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have fifteen
minutes.
PUBLIC SPEAKING:
2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient
language except Latin or Greek.
BIOLOGY: Create
life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had
developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to it probable effect on the
English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis.
MUSIC: Write a piano
concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with a flute and drum. You will find a piano under
your seat.
PSYCHOLOGY: Based on
your knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and
repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Rameses
II, Gregory of Nicia, Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's
work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.
SOCIOLOGY: Estimate
the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct an
experiment to test your theory.
ENGINEERING: The
disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your desk. You will also
find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili. In 10 minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will
be admitted to the room. Take whatever action you feel appropriate. Be prepared to
justify your decision.
ECONOMICS: Develop a
realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the possible effects of your
plan in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist controversy, the wave theory of
light. Outline a method from all possible points of view, as demonstrated in your
answer to the last question.
POLITICAL SCIENCE:
There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. Report at length on
its socio-political effects, if any.
EPISTEMOLOGY: Take a
position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your stand.
PHYSICS: Explain the
nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of
mathematics on science.
PHILOSOPHY: Sketch
the development of human thought, estimate its significance. Compare with the development
of any other kind of thought.
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE:
Describe in detail. Be objective and specific. If you finish early turn your paper
in at the table at the front of the room.
 
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