Tokyo University Entrance Exam...

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TOKYO UNIVERSITY ENTRANCE EXAM


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 not suture until your work
has been inspected.  You have fifteen minutes.

Public Speaking:

2500 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
the form of life had developed 50 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 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 Aphrodites, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea,
Hammurabi.  Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's
work, making appropriate refrences.  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 dissassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed 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.

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 possible points
of view.  Point out the deficiencies in your point 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 postion 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.

Astronomy:

Define the universe.  Give three examples.

General Knowledge:

Describe in detail.  Be objective and specific.