GENERAL KNOWLEDGE TEST

Read each question carefully. Answer all the questions. Time limit: 4 hours. Begin immediately.

1.- History: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins until the present, concentrating specially, but not exclusively, in its social, political, economical, religious and philosophical impact in Europe, Asia, America and Africa. Be brief, concise and specific.

2.- Medicine: You have been provided with a leaf of shaving, cotton and a bottle of whisky. Extirpate your appendix. Do not suture until your work is examine. You have 15 (fifteen) minutes.

3.- Oratorical: 2,500 maniac aborigines have invaded the classroom. Calm them. You can use any ancient language except the Greek or Latin.

4.- Biology: Create life. Estimates the differences in the human culture if this form of life has developed 500 millions years before, with special attention in their probable effect in the English parliamentary system. Prove your theory.

5.- Music: Write a concerto for piano. Perform it and execute it with flute and drum. You will find a piano under your desk.

6.- Psychology: Considering your knowledge of their works, evaluates the emotional stability, adjustment degree and repressed frustrations of each one of the following ones: Alejandro of Afrodisias, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicia, Hamurrabi. Support your evaluation with quotations of the their works, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.

7.- Sociology: Estimate the sociological impact and problems that would carry the end of the world. Conduct an experiment to prove your theory.

8.- Engineering: The disassemble parts of a rifle of high gauge have been put in your desk. You will also find an instruction manual written in Thai. In 10 minutes, a hungry Bengali tiger will be admitted inside the classroom. Take any action that you believe appropriate. Be prepared to justify your actions.

9.- Economy: Develop a realistic plan to refinance the foreign debt. Expose the possible effects of your plan in the following areas: Cubism, the Donatist controversy, the undulatory theory of the light. Schematize a method to avoid these effects. Criticize this method from all the points of view. Point out the deficiencies of your point of view.

10.- Political science: There is a red telephone in the desk to your side. Begin the Third World War. Report the socio-political effects if exist.

11.- Epistemology: Take a position in favor or against the truth. Prove the validity of your decision.

12.- Physics: Explain the nature of the matter. Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact that the development of the mathematics in the known science had.

13.- Philosophy: Schematize the development of the human thought and estimate its meaning. Compare with the development of any other one type of thought .

14.- Computer science: Create a computer program capable of simulating the human intelligence using COBOL language. Take in mind that this program will run in a computer that only use punch cards.

15.- General knowledge: Describe in detail all that you know. Be objective and specific.