Marc Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Thought I would post up this exam for you all to have a go at INSTRUCTIONS Read each of the following fifteen problems carefully. Answer all parts to each problem. Time limit: 4 hours. Begin immediately. 1. HISTORY Describe the history of the papacy from its origin to the present day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on it social, political, economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America and Africa. Be brief, concise and specific. 2. 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 15 minutes. 3. PUBLIC SPEAKING 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek. 4. BIOLOGY Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this form of life had developed 50 million years earlier, with special attention to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis. 5. MUSIC Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate it and perform it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your desk. 6. 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 Aphrodites, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, and Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man’s work, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate. 7. SOCIOLOGY Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the world. Construct and experiment to test your theory. 8. ENGINEERING The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your desk. You will also find and 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. 9. 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, and 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. 10. POLITICAL SCIENCE There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III. Report at length on its social-political effects, if any. 11. EPISTEMOLOGY Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position. 12. PHYSICS Create a small rapidly rotating black hole. Investigate and report on its effects on the opto-electric properties of Seaborgium (element #106). Clean up your experiment after you’ve finished. 13. PHILOSOPHY Sketch the development of human thought and estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought. 14. ASTRONOMY Define the universe. Give three examples. 15. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe in detail. Be objective and specific. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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