Final Exam, First Draft
Dr. X posts this from the Center for Overly Ambitious Parents, Curriculum Department:
"One day these boys will leave our home. But will they be ready to face the world? How will I know?
"We are now a nation of tests - so rather than tediously point out again how fucking stupid that is, I have decided to formulate one of my own.
"This is the first draft of an exam to be given to someone who hopes to leave home and enter public life as a citizen. I think 10 questions is the right number, but anticipate revising this many times in the future. Suggestions are welcome.
"Without further ado:
1. Who was George Ball? (Answer here.)
2. Describe the theory behind Alekhine's Defense. (Answer here.)
3. Was Feyerabend right or wrong? (Answer here.)
4. Who said: "We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." (Answer here.)
5. Name a republic that lasted more than 300 years. (Answer here.)
6. "Oh my luve is like a melodie
That's sweetly played in ____." (Answer here.)
7. "Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony." Why is this an important insight? (Answer here.)
8. What was it Proust sought so frenetically? (Answer here.)
9. True, False, and Explain: Repeated game theory provides a solid theoretical explanation for the widely-accepted view that collusion is more common than predation. (Answer here.)
10. Matisse said: "You study, you learn, but you guard the original naiveté. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover." Discuss.
posted by Latouche at Large at 8:57 PM
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Also important for our understanding of many things:
Name the principle masts and sails of a full-rigged ship.
Compare and contrast hip-hop artists of the early 1990's and today. Has the genre been denuded of it's political and social relevance?
Describe the evolution of subject by which Swiss artist Giacometti recovered observational drawing from within an essentially Surrealist artistic process.
Of the following list, which is most likely to kill the most people in the 21st century, and why?
1. Nuclear War.
2. Biotechnology.
3. Global Warming.
4. Computer/Nano Technology.
5. New Military Technology.
6. Nuclear power.
7. Robots.
8. Machetes.
9. Guns.
10. Agricultural failure.
11. Street Crime.
12. Health Care delivery failure.
The Marxist critique Herbert Marcuse described all cultural production of a capitalist society, including superficially-critical cultural production, as an affirmation of that society and its class-based structure. In what way, if any, is this incorrect?
Dr X. posts this from an affluent society:
"I only pulled one real all-nighter in college, a 20-page paper on Marcuse's One Dimensional Man, while listening to Steely Dan over and over. I used the expression 'Royal Scam' about forty times (might have been more)."
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