[quote=@Spiritblitz]
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Why? Putting me immediately in a situation where I have no context of even starting to think in terms of time as a something different would almost certainly guarantee my death. Show me how you think, how you flow within the confines of time.
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Because this first test teaches [i]me[/i] something about you, and something important. It could have saved several lives had I turned away students who failed.