An Important Exam

Read each question carefully.  Answer all questions.
Time limit:  2 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 this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier, with special attention to its affect 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 the repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisis, Rameses II, Hammurabi.  Support your evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references.  It is not necessary to translate.

SOCIOLOGY
Estimate the social problems which might accompany the end of the world.
Construct an experiment to test your theory.

ENGINEERING
The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printed in Swahili.  In 10 minutes, a hungry Bengal tiger will be admitted to the room   Take whatever action you feel necessary.   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, and 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 position for or against truth.  Prove the validity of your stand.

PHYSICS
Explain the nature of matter.  Include in your answer an evaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.

PHILOSOPHY
Sketch the development of human thought.  Estimate its significance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Describe in detail.  Be objective and specific.

ASTRONOMY
You have been given limitless supplies of hydrogen and helium and smaller quantities of the heavy metals. Create the universe. Note: This is a take-home question. Return project in six days.



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