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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 19.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How should the fiend encourage the patient to think about malice and benevolence?
(a) Malice toward declared enemies of war, benevolence to injured.
(b) Malice toward war leaders, benevolence to people affected by war.
(c) Malice toward those remote and unknown, benevolence toward the neighbors.
(d) Malice toward the neighbors, benevolence toward those remote and unknown.

2. Why is sexual perversion a useful tool for the fiend?
(a) Sexual perversion is fun and satisfying.
(b) Sexual perversion diverts a person's thinking about sexuality within marriage.
(c) God tolerates sexual perversion.
(d) Sexual perversion breeds distrust.

3. The Enemy consistently helps the patient in which of these situations?
(a) Calm for imagined fears and hypotheticals.
(b) Present and actual suffering.
(c) Imagined daily slights and insults.
(d) Grief and sadness.

4. Why does St. Paul suggest others should submit to those with rigid opinions concerning church details?
(a) To dissent is to divide.
(b) This is part of God's trials.
(c) To oppose others is not Christian.
(d) This is part of Christian charity.

5. Why is a major sin by the patient not always helpful?
(a) The nature of major sin can vary from person to person.
(b) Serious sin needs to be repeated for full effect.
(c) Awakens the patient to just how lax he has become.
(d) Major sin is usually public, lessens impact.

Short Answer Questions

1. Screwtape advises that which of these pairings especially help to barricade the patient mind against the Enemy?

2. What is Screwtape's response to whether it is desirable for a patient to be in love?

3. What is one of the best fiend tactics to use during spiritual dullness?

4. When does sex work best in the fiend's favor?

5. What makes the fiend's job easier?

(see the answer key)

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