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By Dr. Harry Tennant
Wednesday, November 17, 2010 Education Funny: College Exams Can Be Tough I came across this years ago and it made me laugh! It would be tough to even begin to prepare our secondary students for this college assessment! HUMANITIES FINAL EXAM Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all 13 questions. 4 hour time limit. Begin immediately. 1. HISTORY Describe the history of the papacy from its origin 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. You have 15 minutes. 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 difference 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 works, 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. 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 points of view possible. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, as demonstrated in your answer to the last question. 9. POLITICAL SCIENCE There is a red telephone on the desk beside you. Start WWIII. Report at length on its sociopolitical effects, if any. 10. EPISTEMLOGY Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your position. 11. PHYSICS Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics and science. 12. PHILOSOPHY Sketch the development of human thought; estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought. 13. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE Describe in detail. Be objective and specific. ---------------- (I wish I knew who to credit for it. If you know, let me know!) Posted at 11:47 AM Keywords: Education Funny , Assessment , Testing , Exam , Humanities 0 Comments |