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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why is subtly by degrees Screwtape's preferred method of temptation?
2. What usually brings a person to Hell?
3. Where do the fiends receive training?
4. Why are sincere likings tools of the Enemy? . •
5. What is always the primary goal of a fiend?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Screwtape encourage Wormwood to play upon the man's disappointment with his fellow churchgoers?
2. Why does Screwtape caution Wormwood that innocent laughter of joy and fun is not good for the devils?
3. How does Screwtape tell Wormwood to use imaginings now that war is upon the patient?
4. Why does Screwtape tell Wormwood the details of the war in progress are of no interest?
5. What does Lewis say about a person's present day morality and responsibilities?
6. Screwtape instructs that not all humor is useful to a devil, but certain types are especially useful. What are the types of humor useful to a devil?
7. 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?
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. Lewis contends ideas can be corrupted by corrupting the language associated with ideas. For example, what does Screwtape brag about corruption of the word "Puritanism"?
10. Lewis writes "...indeed the safest road to Hell is the gradual one--the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts." How does this prose relate to the human condition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Lewis contends it is important that a person be aware of their social responsibilities to prevent a devil from causing confusion about Christian duties. This is the basic premise of his book "Mere Christianity." Identify and discuss three examples of modern living where this confusion might be in play.
Essay Topic 2
Lewis asserts that jokes and humor can be the work of the devil if used to justify rude or bad behavior. Elaborate on the reasons he contends flippancy is the most damaging of all humor.
Essay Topic 3
Lewis contends the human mind can be shifted to focus thinking on an abstract level as a means to avoid having to deal with the reality right in front of a person. Expand on the question whether this reality to abstraction is a permanent feature of American society as it relates to political campaigns.
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