Toughest Final Exam

Instructions
Read each question carefully. Answer all questions. Time limit: 4 hours. Begin
immediately.
History
Descrive 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,
degree of adjustment and repressed frustrations of each of the following:
Alexander of Aphrodites, Ramses II, Gregory of Nicea, Hammurabi. Support your
evaluation with quotations from each man's work, making appropriate references.
It is not necessary 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 possible
effects 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
deficiencies 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 it socio-political effects if any.