FINAL EXAMINATION

 

  Read each question carefully. Answer all questions.

 

  Time Limit: four 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  its probable  effect  on  the English  parliamentary  system. Prove  your  thesis.

 

 

  MUSIC

 

  Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with  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:

 

  o   Alexander of Aphrodisias

  o   Ramses II

  o   Gregory of Nicea

  o   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  in a box on  your desk. You  will also find an instruction manual,  printed in Swahili. In  ten minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take whatever  action you feel appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision.

 

 

  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 position.

 

  ECONOMICS

 

  Develop  a realistic  plan  for  refinancing the  national  debt.  Trace  the  possible effects of your plan in the following areas:

 

  o   cubism

  o   the Donatist controversy

  o   the wave theory of light

 

  Outline a method for preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all  possible points of view. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as  demonstrated in your answer to the last question.

 

 

  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.

 

 

  EXTRA CREDIT

 

  1. Define the Universe; give three examples.

  2. Construct and defend a credible naturalistic alternative to Darwinism. Consider the universe as a whole, not just planet earth.

 

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