
HUMOR

QUALIFYING INSTRUCTIONS FOR --------------------------.


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 SCOTCH.  REMOVE YOUR APPENDIX.  DO NO
SUTURE UNTIL YOUR WORK HAS BEEN INSPECTED.  YOU HAVE 15
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
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 A
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, RAMSES II, GREGORY OF NICEA AND HAMMURABI.
SUPPORT YOUR EVALUATION WITH QUOTATIONS FROM EACH MAN'S
WORK, MAKING APPROPIATE 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 YOU
THEORY.

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

DEFINE MANAGEMENT.  DEFINE SCIENCE.  HOW DO THEY RELATE?
WHY?  CREATE A GENERALIZED ALGORITHM TO OPTIMIZE ALL
MANAGERIAL DECISIONS.  ASSUMING AN 1130 CPO, SUPPORT 50
TERMINALS, EACH TERMINAL TO ACTIVATE YOUR ALGORITHM; DESIGN
THE COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE AND ALL NECESSARY CONTROL
PROGRAMS.

ENGINEERING

THE DISASSEMBLED PARTS OF A A HIGH-POWERED RIFLE HAVE BEEN
PLACED IN A BOX 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 APPROPIATE.  BE PREPARED TO JUSTIFY
YOUR DECISION.

ECONOMIC

DEVELOP A REALISTIC PLAN FOR REFINANCING THE NATIONAL DEBT.
TRACE THE POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF YOUR PLAN IN THE FOLLOWING
AREAS:  CUBISM, THE DONATIAT CONTROVERSY, AND THE WAVE
EFFECT OF LIGHT.  OUTLINE A METHOD FOR PREVENTING THESE
EFFECTS.  CRITICIZE THIS METHOD FROM ALL POSSIBLE POINTS OF
VIEW, AS DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR ANSWER TO THE LAST QUESTION.

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 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 ITS
SIGNIFICANCE.  COMPARE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF ANY OTHER
KIND OF THOUGHT.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

DESCRIBE IN DETAIL.  BE OBJECTIVE AND SPECIFIC.
EXTRA CREDIT

DEFINE THE UNIVERSE; GIVE THREE EXAMPLES.

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