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FINAL EXAMINATION
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Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions.
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Time Limit: 4 hours. Begin immediately.
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1) H I S T O R Y
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Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day,
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concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on its social, political,
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economic, religious, and philosophical impact on Europe, Asia, America,
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and Africa. Be brief, concise, and specific.
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2) M E D I C I N E
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You have been provided with a razor blade, a piece of gauze, and a bot-
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tle of Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been
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inspected. You have 15 minutes.
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3) P U B L I C S P E A K I N G
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Twenty-five hundred riot-crazed aborigines are storming the classroom.
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Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin or Greek.
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4) B I O L O G Y
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Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent human culture if this
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form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention
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to its probable effect on the English parliamentary system. Prove your thesis.
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5) M U S I C
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Write a piano concerto. Orchestrate and perform it with flute and drum.
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You will find a piano under your seat.
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6) P S Y C H O L O G Y
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Based on your degree of knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional
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stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the
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following: Alexander of Aphrodisias, Rameses II, Gregory of Nicea, Hammurabi.
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Support your evaluations with quotations from each man's work, making
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appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.
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7) S O C I O L O G Y
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Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany the end of the
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world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.
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8) M A N A G E M E N T S C I E N C E
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Define management. Define science. How do they relate? Why? Create a
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generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial decisions. Assuming an
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1130 CPU supporting 50 terminals, each terminal to activate your algorithm;
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design the communications interface and all necessary control programs.
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9) E N G I N E E R I N G
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The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed in a box onyour desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili. In
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ten minutes a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room. Take
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whatever action you feel is appropriate. Be prepared to justify your decision.
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10) E C O N O M I C S
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Develop a realistic plan for refinancing the national debt. Trace the
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possible effects of your plan in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist
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controversy, the wave theory of light. Outline a method for preventing these
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effects. Criticize this method from all possible points of view. Point out
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the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the
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last question.
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11) P O L I T I C A L S C I E N C E
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There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start World War III.
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Report at length on its socio-political effects, if any.
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12) E P I S T E M O L O G Y
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Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your
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position.
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13) P H Y S I C S
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Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the
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impact of the development of mathematics on science.
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14) P H I L O S O P H Y
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Sketch the development of human thought; estimate its significance.
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Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.
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15) G E N E R A L K N O W L E D G E
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Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
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* * E X T R A C R E D I T * *
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Define the universe; give three examples.
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(d) 1983 RHSFTRW (The Real World)
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