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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is it best to discourage belief in fiends?
(a) Non-belief makes a patient lazy and unimaginative.
(b) Non-belief makes it easier to believe in materialism.
(c) Belief makes fiends lazy and unimaginative.
(d) Belief by patients leads to fiend failure

2. What does the thought 'religion is all very well up to a point' lead to?
(a) Jargon has no place in religion.
(b) Free will can define the limits of religion.
(c) Moderated religion is no religion at all.
(d) Sensible strong Christians.

3. According to Screwtape, which old wisdom is mostly dismissed in the modern world?
(a) People should be prudent about choice of friends and associates.
(b) People should have a consistent savings plan.
(c) Modesty in appearance is always appropriate.
(d) People should actively try to improve upon shortcomings.

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

5. Why should a fiend never use science?
(a) Science is too difficult to understand.
(b) Science has too many sub-sections.
(c) Science prompts a person to think.
(d) Science changes over time.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Screwtape describe as the only useful thing about war?

3. What are the best sort of jokes?

4. What is a reliable tactic to use on a new Christian?

5. What should Wormwood do if the patient begins to think fiends exist?

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