Instructions: Read each question thoroughly. Answer all questions. Time
limit: 4 hours. Begin inmediately.
HISTORY. Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present
day, concentrating specifically but not exclusively on the social,
political, economic, religious and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia,
America and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
PUBLIC SPEAKING. 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom.
Calm them. You may use any ancient languaje except Latin or Greek.
BIOLOGY. Create life. Estimate the difference in subsequent human culture
if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special
attention to the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis.
MUSIC. Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate it and perform it with a flute
and a drum. You will find a piano under your seat.
PSYCHOLOGY. Based on the knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional
stability, degree of adjustment and repressed frustrations of each of the
following: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Ramsesall, Gregory of Nicoa, Hammurabi.
Support your evaluations with questions 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 dissasembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been
placed in 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.
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. Point out the deficiencies in your
point 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 the truth. Prove the validity
of your position.
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. Define the Universe. Give three examples.