1. Why must a captain of a ship make swift decisions about direction changes?
(a) Because the captain's ship is old and takes along time to adjust its course.
(b) Because the captain's crew is rather inept.
(c) Because the captain constantly changes his mind.
(d) Because while the captain is deciding, the ship continues forward at a constant velocity.

2. According to the author, what happens to the value of an original, or first, thing if it may be repeated?
(a) The value decreases.
(b) The value increases.
(c) The first thing never had any value.
(d) The value remains the same.

3. What idea does the insane man, of whom the author writes, have fixed in his head?
(a) The insane man has the idea that his heart is full of spiders.
(b) The insane man has the idea that his mattress is full of butterflies.
(c) The insane man has the idea that his apartment is full of flies.
(d) The insane man has the idea that his veins are filled with oil.

4. The author claims there is the deepest relationship between what two things?
(a) A man and woman who have gotten divorced.
(b) A choice and the people surrounding the person choosing.
(c) A choice and the one who is choosing.
(d) Denmark and Norway.

5. What is the author's attitude toward scholarship?
(a) The author is utterly devoted to scholarship.
(b) The author respects scholarship.
(c) The author is amused by scholarship.
(d) The author despises scholarship.