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Exercise Two -- KEY:

1. Yes: "No matter ... how you may have fared in every bout and battle until now, this time you'll be worsted."

2. Yes: "Then go to college!"

3. Yes: "Things come and go."  In this quote, "That's the gist of it" serves as a conclusion marker.

4. Yes: "Therefore, I am."

5. Yes: "You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being."

6. No.

7. No. In this case, 'then' indicates the next item in a sequential order (here, a temporal order).  It does not mark a conclusion.

8. No. The dragon is making his case here for the claim that "the essence of life is to be found in the frustrations of established order", p. 67.  These are reasons, although that can be seen only in context.

9. Yes: "... understanding is always best and a prudent mind."

10. Yes: "Buckle Up"