View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the mindset that discourages belief that fiends exist?
(a) All things can be explained by science.
(b) The Enemy has totally conquered all fiends.
(c) Disbelief in all spiritual matters, good and bad.
(d) Fiends cannot exist in a materialistic world.

2. What are heavenly pleasures that reflect love of friends and family for one another?
(a) Attendance at church together.
(b) Joy and fun.
(c) Food and drink.
(d) Travels together on vacations.

3. What can be fatal to a fiend's plan for a patient?
(a) Virtues become habits.
(b) Malice becomes benevolence.
(c) Good intentions become habits.
(d) Kindness becomes benevolence.

4. How should Wormwood encourage the patient to think concerning humility?
(a) Humility can mask the patient's sinfulness.
(b) Humility always gains favor with the worldly.
(c) Humility means agreeing with the sinful opinion of others.
(d) Humility means self-denigration and denial of one's talents.

5. Why are factions to be encouraged by fiends?
(a) Factions foster pride and hatred.
(b) Factions draw people away from the Enemy.
(c) Factions suppress positive thinking.
(d) Factions divide families and friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is always the primary goal of a fiend?

2. How does Screwtape describe the composition of a human?

3. Why does Screwtape say God does not want humans to dwell on their sins?

4. What does the thought 'religion is all very well up to a point' lead to?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Screwtape explain about the dynamics of a person who is church shopping?

2. How does Screwtape explain that false humility can be useful to a devil, but true humility can be dangerous?

3. Screwtape tells Wormwood he can possibly win the battle for the man's soul by getting him to join a faction, any faction. How is this possible?

4. Why does Screwtape tell Wormwood it is good for the patient to pray for his mother's soul?

5. What is a central theme Lewis is emphasizing in the context of dry spells of faith?

6. How does Screwtape recommend that Wormwood prevent humans from using their reasoning?

7. Relating to religious bodies, what does Screwtape say has proven very useful for producing malice over the centuries?

8. Screwtape tells Wormwood major serious sin is useful but dangerous because it could lead the man back to God. What does he describe as preferable and much less likely to lead to God?

9. How does Screwtape suggest the use of pleasure, which clearly is from and belongs to God?

10. Screwtape explains it is good to have a person develop a false and low opinion of God- given talent and likewise have a person regularly think of past sinfulness. How does Screwtape explain this as contrary to God's plans?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 930 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample