How to answer exam questions

Because of the unreliability of the postal service in Malaysia, before posting off our Moore College exams to Sydney, we photocopy the answers so that if they get lost we can produce a copy. This has the side effect of being able to look at the answers of the candidates before we post them off. Occasionally, you learn about the about methods of answering a question when you don't quite know any of the details required to do so.

One the "Introduction to the Bible" scripts shows this art beautifully. In answer to a question asking for an outline of the book of Colossians, the answer given was:

"Paul writes to counter false teaching in the Colossian church, to bring the believers back to the gospel and to teach them how to live among non-believers."

I hope this obtains a high mark, in all seriousness it is a great summary of the form of most of Paul's epistles, the only criticism is it's lack of application to the specific book mentioned in the question. I was very impressed though...