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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the laughter of joy and fun no good to the devils?
(a) Creates a longing for more of the same.
(b) It is related to Heaven.
(c) Sets a good example to children.
(d) It can become permanent.

2. What should Wormwood do if the patient begins to think fiends exist?
(a) Suggest to patient he is losing his mind.
(b) Suggest the patient converse with the fiends.
(c) Suggest a fiend image of something in red tights.
(d) Minimize fiendish activity for a spell.

3. What does Screwtape believe to be an elementary fact?
(a) Humans always at some point distrust the Enemy.
(b) Humans can be easily misled.
(c) Humans are incapable of setting and keeping goals.
(d) Humans tend to become whatever they pretend to be.

4. What will cause a person to retreat from the Enemy into the darkness of Nothing? .
(a) Opposition by family and friends.
(b) Repetition of sexual perversions
(c) Accumulation of many small sins.
(d) Repetition of major sins.

5. Why should Wormwood draw the patient's attention to his humility?
(a) Humility discourages self-examination.
(b) Humility befuddles the mind of the patient.
(c) Humility encourages belief in modern jargon.
(d) Pride sets in almost immediately when a person thinks he is humble.

6. Why is it preferable to focus the patient's mind on the future?
(a) This stirs up ambition.
(b) This is contrary to what God prefers.
(c) This stirs up memories of past shortcomings.
(d) This stirs up emphasis on the unimportant.

7. What is the worst outcome for the fiend when a patient awakens to self and renewal?
(a) Realizes the true self of a human belongs to God.
(b) Realizes others are the source of his sinfulness.
(c) Realizes thoughts and emotions are more important than actions.
(d) Realizes sin has to be overcome to avoid Hell.

8. What is the role of the language department of Hell?
(a) Promote bad news items to create anxiety.
(b) Promote good news items to provoke jealousy.
(c) Corrupt the meaning of a word, thereby corrupting the idea.
(d) Suggest meaningless jargon.

9. When does humor least serve the fiend's mission?
(a) When the patient sees humor in all things.
(b) When the patient misunderstands the punch line.
(c) When humor is lacking a victim.
(d) When the patient knows actions and deeds matter more than thoughts and words.

10. What is the wine of fiends to be sipped eternally?
(a) Anguish and bewilderment of the soul of the damned.
(b) The dishonesty of humans.
(c) Human habits of indifference and laziness.
(d) War and cruelty.

11. When is the fiend's mission in the greatest danger?
(a) When the patient chooses the spiritual instead of science.
(b) When the patient exercises free will.
(c) When the patient exercises free will and chooses loyalty to the Enemy.
(d) When the patient accepts that the Enemy exists.

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

13. What is the name that issues policy for fiends?
(a) Home Office.
(b) Screwtape.
(c) Most High.
(d) High Command.

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

15. What makes the fiend's job easier?
(a) When a person is concerned with what to do, not what to think.
(b) When a person resents what has already happened, not what to do presently.
(c) When a person is concerned with what might happen, not with what to do.
(d) When a person is concerned with what to do, regardless of what happens.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the law of Undulation?

2. What does Screwtape remind is the real business of a fiend?

3. Why should a fiend never use science?

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

5. According to Screwtape, what is typical thinking for a new Christian?

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