Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit four hours. Begin immediately.
 

HISTORY Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to the present day, concentrating particularly, 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 Scotch. Remove your appendix. Do not suture until your work has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.
   
PUBLIC SPEAKING 2,500 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 cultures if this form of life had been 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 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, Ramases II, Gregory of Nicea, and Hammurabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate citations. 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 in a box on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual written in Swahili. In ten minutes, a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to this room. Take whatever action you consider 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, and the wave theory of light. Outline a method for prevention of 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 preceding question.
   
POLITICAL SCIENCE There is a red telephone on the desk next to you. Start World War III. Report on its socio-political effects, if any.
   
EPISTEMOLOGY Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position.
   
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 the significance of its development. Compare with the development of other forms of thought.
   
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.
   
EXTRA CREDIT Describe the universe. Give three examples.