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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Letter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Screwtape advise it is good the new Christian is still going to church?
(a) Keeps his focus on empty ritual rather than substance.
(b) Allows him to think he understands all about the Enemy.
(c) Keeps him from noticing his faith is slipping away.
(d) Keeps him alert to the sins of fellow churchgoers.

2. Why is subtly by degrees Screwtape's preferred method of temptation?
(a) The Enemy has no counter measure to subtly.
(b) The worldly recognize strong fiend tactics.
(c) The world will creep into a person unnoticed.
(d) Subtly disguises the work of the fiend.

3. Why is false humility good for the fiend's cause?
(a) False humility is an insult to the Enemy.
(b) False humility feeds the emotions.
(c) False humility leads to sinfulness.
(d) False humility is preoccupation with self.

4. How should Wormwood try to develop permanent deceit in the patient?
(a) Encourage self-perception as a complex person superior to others.
(b) Avoid church going people.
(c) Participate in church affairs and worldly affairs at the same time.
(d) Convince the patient that the more science he knows the better.

5. What is the law of Undulation?
(a) Humans usually forget things, then repeat those same actions.
(b) Good times are always followed by regret.
(c) The life of a human is a series of peaks and troughs.
(d) The human mindset often follows the seasonal changes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Screwtape believe to be an elementary fact?

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

3. Why should patient prayers focus on the spiritual, never the practical?

4. Why is it best to discourage belief in fiends?

5. Why are factions to be encouraged by fiends?

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