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

3. What history does the author say proves to be incommensurable for poetry?
(a) Danish history.
(b) World history.
(c) Inner history.
(d) Religious history.

4. What does the author say that the young man thinks life is?
(a) A fair.
(b) A lark.
(c) A trial.
(d) A masquerade.

5. Who does the author say cannot love?
(a) A person who is not Christian.
(b) A person who always tells the truth.
(c) A peson who cannot open himself.
(d) A person who beats his wife.

6. What is a moment that is more significant than everything else in the entire world according to the author?
(a) Thoroughly enjoying a great party.
(b) Becoming conscious in one's eternal validity.
(c) Getting married.
(d) Taking in a sunset.

7. According to the author, of what can the mystic not be absolved?
(a) A certain exclusivity in his relationship with others.
(b) Harboring lust in his heart.
(c) Harboring anger toward his brother.
(d) A certain obtrusiveness in his relationship to God.

8. What is everyone born with a penchant for according to the author?
(a) Painting pictures.
(b) Climbing hills.
(c) Descending hills.
(d) Singing songs.

9. In what does the author say the young man is prolific?
(a) In composing symphonies.
(b) In coining phrases of his favorite conclusions.
(c) In writing novels.
(d) In writing volumes of poetry.

10. What is the ethical according to the author?
(a) The ethical is that by which a person becomes what he becomes.
(b) The ethical is that by which a person spontaneously is what he is.
(c) The ethical is that with which a person punishes a person who misbehaves.
(d) The ethical is a mystery that is fundamentally unknowable.

11. What does the author say is another way to articulate the importance of living aesthetically?
(a) One must find the truth.
(b) One must marry well.
(c) One must destroy life.
(d) One must enjoy life.

12. What does the author say is "the last to be satisfied"?
(a) The heart.
(b) The ear.
(c) The eye.
(d) The stomach.

13. Why does the author say it seems superfluous to tell the young man what is aesthetic?
(a) Because the young man is an aesthetic virtuoso.
(b) Because the young man has surely burned the letter already.
(c) Because the young man is not a real person.
(d) Because the young man surely will not listen.

14. How fast do philosophers hasten to the past according to the author?
(a) So fast that only philosophy's coattails remain in the present.
(b) So fast that it ends up in the future.
(c) So fast that none of philosophy remains in the present at all.
(d) Philosophy never hastens to the past.

15. Why does the author say the young man is afraid of continuity?
(a) Because he had a frightening experience with continuity as a chil
(b) Because it deprives him of the opportunity to deceive himself.
(c) Because the young man is afraid of everything.
(d) Because he enjoys variety.