Instructions: Read each question carefully. Answer all questions.

Time limit: 2 hours. Begin immediately.

Art: Given one eight-count box of crayons and three sheets of notebookpaper, recreate the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. Skin tones should betrue to life.

Biology: Create life. Estimate the differences in subsequent humanculture if this form of life had developed 500 million years earlier,with special attention to its probable effect on the EnglishParliamentary System circa 1750. Prove your thesis.

Chemistry: You must identify a poison sample which you will find atyour lab table. All necessary equipment has been provided. There aretwo beakers at your desk, one of which holds the antidote. If the wrongsubstance is used, it causes instant death. You may begin as soon asthe professor injects you with a sample of the poison. (We feel thiswill give you an incentive to find the correct answer.)

Civil Engineering: This is a practical test of your design and buildingskills. With the boxes of toothpicks and glue present, build a platformthat will wupport your weight when you and your platform are suspendedover a vat of nitric acid.

Computer Science: Write a fifth-generation computer language. Usingthis language, write a computer program to finish the rest of this examfor you.

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 methodfor preventing these effects. Criticize this method from all possiblepoints of view. Point out the deficiencies in your point of view, asdemonstrated in your answer to the last question.

Electrical Engineering: You will be placed in a nuclear reactor andgiven a partial copy of the electrical layout. The electrical systemhas been tampered with. You have seventeen minutes to find the problemand correct it before the reactor melts down.

Engineering: The disassembled parts of a high-powered rifle have beenplaced on your desk. You will also find an instruction manual, printedin Swahili. In 10 minutes, a hungry bengal tiger will be admitted tothe room. Take whatever action you feel necessary. Be prepared tojustify your decision.

Epistemology: Take a position for or against truth. Prove the validity of your stand.

General Knowledge: Describe in detail. Be objective and specific.

History: Describe the history of the Papacy from its origins to thepresent day, concentrating especially, but not exclusively, on itsEurope, Asia, America and Africa. Be brief, concise and specific.

Mathematics: Derive the Euler-Cauchy equations using only astraightedge and compass. Discuss in detail the role these equationshad on mathematical analysis in Europe during the 1800s.

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 youwork has been inspected. You have fifteen minutes.

Metaphysics: Describe in detail the probably nature of life after death. Test your hypothesis.

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

Philosophy: Sketch the development of human thought. Estimate itssignificance. Compare with the development of any other kind of thought.

Physchology: Based on your knowledge of their works, evaluate theemotional stability, degree of adjustment, and repressed frustrationsof each of the following: Alexander of Aphrodisis, Rameses II,Hammuarabi. Support your evaluation with quotations from each man'swork, making appropriate references. It is not necessary to translate.

Physics: Explain the nature of matter. Include in your answer anevaluation of the impact of the development of mathematics on science.

Political Science: There is a red telephone on the desk beside you.Start World War III. Report at length on its socio-political effects ifany.

Public Speaking: 2500 riot-crazed aborigines are storming theclassroom. Calm them. You may use any ancient language except Latin orGreek.

Religion: Perform a miracle. Creativity will be judged.

Sociology: Estimate the sociological problems which might accompany theend of the world. Construct an experiment to test your theory.

Extra Credit: Define the universe, and give three examples.