CVSP 202 Final, Fall 2000

American University of Beirut Civilization Sequence Program CS 202 Final Examination Sections 1 and 4 January 23, 2001 Answer question number 1 and any two of the remaining three questions: 1. Discuss predestination and free will in the thought of Augustine, Dante, Erasmus, and Luther. 50% 2. Reason and faith have been a major theme in the thought of a number of the thinkers we have studied. Discuss at least three such thinkers of your choice. 25% 3. Machiavelli’s The Prince offers princes and rulers answers to the questions: “How do | acquire authority and how do I maintain it.” How does he argue his program out? 25% 4. Explain to me how Ibn Khaldun understood history, and show how his understanding fits or does not fit within the Judeo-Christian-Muslim tradition. 25% Dr. Wanis A. Semaan January 17, 2001