>        FINAL EXAM
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>Instructions:  Read each question carefully.  Answer all questions.
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>Time limit: 2 hours.  Begin immediately.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Public Speaking:  2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom. 
>Calm them.  You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
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>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.
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>Music:  Write a piano concerto.  Orchestrate and perform it with flute and
>drum.  You will find a piano under your seat.
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>Physchology:  Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate the
>emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of
>each of the following:  Alexander of Aphrodisis, Rameses II, and
>Hammuarabi.  Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work,
>making appropriate references.  It is not necessary to translate.
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>Sociology:  Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the
>end of the world.  Construct an experiment to test your theory.
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>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 tiger will be admitted to the room.  Take
>whatever action you feel necessary.  Be prepared to justify your decision.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Epistemology:  Take a position for or against truth.  Prove te validity of
>your stand.
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>Physics:  Explain the nature of matter.  Include in your answer an
>evaluation of the impact of the develpment of mathematics on science.
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>Philosophy:  Sketch the development of human thought.  Estimate its
>significance.  Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
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>General Knowledge:  Describe in detail.  Be objective and specific.