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WORLD 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 and concise,
yet specific.

ASTRONOMY
Define the universe; give three examples.

MEDICINE
You will be 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.

COMPUTER SCIENCE
Write a fifth-generation computer language.
Using
this language,
create a computer program to finish the rest of
this exam for you.

PUBLIC SPEAKING
Twenty-five hundred riot-crazed aborigines are
storming the
classroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient
language except Latin,
Hebrew, or Greek.

CIVIL ENGINEERING
This is a practical test of your design and
building skills. With the
boxes of toothpicks and glue present, build a
platform that will
support your weight when you and your platform
are
suspended over a
vat of nitric acid.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
The disassembled parts of a howitzer have been
placed in a box 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 is
appropriate. Be prepared to
justify your decision.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
You will be placed in a nuclear reactor and given
a partial copy of
the electrical layout. The electrical system has
been tampered with.
You have seventeen minutes to find the problem
and
correct it before
the reactor melts down.

BIOLOGY
Create life. Estimate the differences in
subsequent human culture if
this form of life had developed 500,000 years
earlier, with special
attention to the probable effect, if any, on the
Philippine social
spectrum circa 1640. Prove your thesis.

RELIGION
Perform a miracle. Creativity will be judged.

MUSIC
Write a full piano concerto. Orchestrate and
perform it with a flute
and drum. You will find a piano under your seat.

LOGIC
Take a position for or against truth. Prove the
validity of your
position.

CHEMISTRY
You must identify a poison sample which you will
find at your lab
table. All necessary equipment has been
provided.
There are two
beakers at your desk, one of which holds the
antidote. If the wrong
substance is used, it causes instant death. You
may begin as soon as
the professor injects you with a sample of the
poison.

PSYCHOLOGY
Based on your knowledge of their early works,
evaluate the emotional
stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed
frustrations of each
of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisias,
Ramses
II, Gregory of
Nicea, and Hammurabi. Support your
evaluations
with quotations from
each man's work, making appropriate references.
Translate all
quotations in Tagalog.

SOCIOLOGY
Identify the sociological problems which might be
associated with the
end of the world. Construct an experiment to test
your theory.

ECONOMICS
Describe in four hundred words or less what you
would have done to
prevent the Great Depression.

MATHEMATICS
You have 60 seconds to mentally solve the
mathematical problem below.
Begin. 8,256.091 + _________ - ________ x
________
¸ ________ = -
38.07623

(Bonus question: Why is 11 not pronounced
onety
one? Provide a full
numerical analysis in justifying your answer.)

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.

ART
Given one eight-count box of crayons and three
sheets of notebook
paper, recreate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel.
Skin tones should
be true to life.

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