OUR EXAM
This is a copy of one of your next exams, don't tell anyone that I've got it (ask me no questions and i'll tell you no lies guv)
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 it 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 aboriginies 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, degreeof adjustment and repressed frustrations of each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodites, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, Hammurabi. Support your evaluationwith quotations from each man's work, making appropriate refrences. It is notnecessary 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 possibleeffects 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 deficienceis in your point of view, as demonstrated in you 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.