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THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

Santa Barbara

Department of History

Fall 1997

History 4A Western Civilization

Mr. Drake

FINAL EXAMINATION

I. Short Essay.  Answer FOUR ONLY of the following (5 minutes each; 5 points each):

B. of Strassburg Defenestration of Prague
Charles Courvoister St. Fidgetta
Cannons of Goleta Canons of Chalcedon (1-28 only)
Bertha the Unraveled Ingomar the Seriously Nervous

II. ESSAY.  Answer ONE ONLY of the following (40 minutes; 35 points):

A. The last lecture in this class was given on Friday, December 5th.  What would the lecture have been if it had been given on Monday, December 8th

B. Comment.

III. ESSAY.  Answer ONE ONLY of the following (40 minutes; 35 points):

A. Give the names of the weapons used by each of the heroes studied this term, and analyze their significance.

B. Compose a palindrome on the fall of Rome.

IV.  ESSAY.  Answer ONE ONLY of the following (20 minutes; 10 points):

A. A guy comes into the examination room, and after working on his paper for an hour or so stands up and says loudly, “Hey, this ain’t my Religious Studies class!”  Comment.

B.‘Blessing of the sword.  Grant, we pray, O Lord, our prayers, and see fit to bless with the hand of your majesty this sword with which your servant desires to be girt, to the end that he may be a defender of the Church, of widows, of orphans, and of all the servants of God, against the cruelty of the pagans, and that he may be the terror and dread of his other enemies, ensuring for him the performance of equitable prosecution and just defense.  Response: Amen.

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