College finals from Hell 

Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions.
Time Limit: 4 hours.

HISTORY 
   Describe the history of the papacy from its origins to the present day, 
   concentrating especially 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 15 minutes. 
PUBLIC SPEAKING 
   Twenty-five hundred 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 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 degree of knowledge of their works, evaluate the emotional stability, degree of
   adjustment, and repressed frustrations of each of the following: 
   Alexander of Aphrodisias, Rameses II, Gregory of Nicea, Hammurabi. 
   Support your evaluations 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. 
MANAGEMENT SCIENCE 
   Define management. Define science. How do they relate? Why? Create a 
   generalized algorithm to optimize all managerial decisions. Assuming an 
   1130 CPU supporting 50 terminals, each terminal to activate your 
   algorithm; design the communications interface and all necessary control
   programs. 
ENGINEERING 
   The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have been placed in a box 
   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 is 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 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 position. 
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. 
*** EXTRA CREDIT *** 
   Define the universe; give three examples.