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 198 proof 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: Alexander of Aphrodisias,
Rameses II, Gregory of Nicia, and 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.
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 stand for or against truth. Prove
the
validity of your stand.
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 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 ENGINEERING 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.
