Final Exam

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Just when you think you've got a handle on life...


YOUR FINAL EXAM

Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer any five
questions you choose. Time Limit: One hour. Begin immediately.

1. 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.

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.

3. PUBLIC SPEAKING - 2,500 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 500 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 and perform it
with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.

6. PSYCHOLOGY - Based on your knowledge of their words, evaluate
the emotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed
frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of
Aphrodisias, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, 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 an experiment to
test your theory.

8. ENGINEERING - The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle
have been placed in a box on 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.

9. EPISTEMOLOGY - Take a position for or against Truth. Prove
the validity of your position.

10. PHYSICS - Explain the nature of matter. Include in your
answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of
mathematics on science.

11. PHILOSOPHY - Sketch the development of human thought,
estimate its significance. Compare with the development of
any other kind of thought.

EXTRA CREDIT - Define the Universe. Give three examples.



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Additional questions for a merit...

1.Why are you so shure that your boat is unsinkable?

2. How long did you keep those dreadful cleats before you changed them for proper hardware?

Leave six lines between each answer. Start each answer on a fresh sheet. (CII exams always include this stupid instruction)

Steve Cronin

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Re: Additional questions for a merit...

1.Why are you so shure that your boat is unsinkable?

I'm not sure - I just hope I will never have to put it to the test.

How many car drivers are sure that their airbags work?

2. How long did you keep those dreadful cleats before you changed them for proper hardware?

Still got them - you get used to everything. They have their charm.
Since you seem to drive an MG you will know that sometimes charm comes before practicality.


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Nice post. I love it.
Just one more question. Why are women always right?

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Nice post. I love it.

Thanks

Just one more question. Why are women always right?

According to Mrs Yanita women are not always right, but men are always wrong. And as far as she's concerened the last sensible thing I said was "I do".

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